Part 603

<hw>Arch</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Arched</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Arching</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To cover with an arch or arches.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To form or bend into the shape of an arch.</def>

<blockquote>The horse <b>arched</b> his neck. <i>Charlesworth.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Arch</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To form into an arch; to curve.</def>

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<h1>Arch-</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Arch-</hw> <tt>(\'84rch-, except in <i>archangel</i> and one or two other words)</tt>. <ety>[L. <ets>arch-</ets>, Gr. <?/<?/<?/. See <er>Arch-</er>.]</ety> <def>A prefix signifying <it>chief</it>, as in <i>arch</i>builder, <i>arch</i>fiend.</def>

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<hw>Arch</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Arch-</er>, pref.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Chief; eminent; greatest; principal.</def>

<blockquote>The most <b>arch</b> act of piteous massacre. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Cunning or sly; sportively mischievous; roguish; <as>as, an <ex>arch</ex> look, word, lad</as>.</def>

<blockquote> spoke his request with so <b>arch</b> a leer. <i>Tatler.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Arch</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Arch-</er>, <ets>pref</ets>.]</ety> <def>A chief.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>My worthy <b>arch</b> and patron comes to-night. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>arch</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>*arch</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <ety>[Gr. <?/ chief, commander, <?/ to rule. See <er>Arch</er>, <ets>a</ets>.]</ety> <def>A suffix meaning <i>a ruler</i>, as in mon<i>arch</i> (a sole ruler).</def>

<h1>Arch\'91an</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Ar*ch\'91"an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ ancient, fr. <?/ beginning.]</ety> <def>Ancient; pertaining to the earliest period in geological history.</def>

<h1>Arch\'91an</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Ar*ch\'91"an</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>The earliest period in geological period, extending up to the Lower Silurian. It includes an <i>Azoic</i> age, previous to the appearance of life, and an <i>Eozoic</i> age, including the earliest forms of life.</def>

<note>&hand; This is equivalent to the formerly accepted term <i>Azoic</i>, and to the <i>Eozoic</i> of Dawson.</note>

<h1>Arch\'91ography</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Ar`ch\'91*og"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ ancient + <ets>-graphy</ets>.]</ety> <def>A description of, or a treatise on, antiquity or antiquities.</def>

<h1>Arch\'91olithic</h1> <Xpage=78>

<hw>Ar`ch\'91*o*lith"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ ancient + <?/ pertaining to a stone.]</ety> <fld>(Arch\'91ol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the earliest Stone age; -- applied to a prehistoric period preceding the Paleolithic age.</def>

<h1>Arch\'91ologian</h1> <Xpage=78>