recessed arch

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recessed arch - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Recessed \Re*cessed"\ (r[-e]*s[e^]st"), a.
     1. Having a recess or recesses; as, a recessed arch or wall.
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     2. Withdrawn; secluded. [R.] "Comfortably recessed from
        curious impertinents." --Miss Edgeworth.
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     Recessed arch (Arch.), one of a series of arches
        constructed one within another so as to correspond with
        splayed jambs of a doorway, or the like.
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