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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Arch \Arch\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Arched} ([aum]rcht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Arching}.]
1. To cover with an arch or arches.
2. To form or bend into the shape of an arch.
The horse arched his neck. --Charlesworth.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Arching \Arch"ing\, noun
1. The arched part of a structure.
2. (Naut.) Hogging; -- opposed to {sagging}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
arching
adjective: forming or resembling an arch; "an arched ceiling" [syn: {arced}, {arched}, {arciform}, {arcuate}, {bowed}]
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