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  • 1basket-handle arch — noun a round arch whose inner curve is drawn with circles having three centers • Syn: ↑three centered arch • Hypernyms: ↑round arch * * * noun : a low crowned elliptical arch drawn from three or more centers see arch illustration * * * /bas kit… …

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  • 2Nantucket Lightship Basket — Nantucket Lightship Baskets are a type of basket originating, in the 19th century,[1] on Nantucket Island Lightships. Lightship baskets are all made from rattan and wood, have an odd number of staves, a solid wooden base, a nailed and lashed rim …

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  • 3Arch — • A structure composed of separate pieces, such as stone or bricks, having the shape of truncated wedges, arranged on a curved line so as to retain their position by mutual pressure Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Arch     Arch …

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  • 4arch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. curve, arc, vault. See convexity, concavity, curvature. adj. cunning, roguish; preeminent, chief. See superiority. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Main] Syn. chief, main, principal; see principal . 2.… …

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  • 5Eagle Talon — Infobox Automobile name = Eagle Talon manufacturer = Diamond Star Motors Mitsubishi Motors Corporation parent company = Chrysler Corporation class = Sport compact production = 1990 1998 layout = Front engine, front wheel drive / Four wheel drive… …

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  • 6round arch — noun an arch formed in a continuous curve; characteristic of Roman architecture • Hypernyms: ↑arch • Hyponyms: ↑bell arch, ↑Moorish arch, ↑horseshoe arch, ↑Roman arch, ↑semicircular arch, ↑ …

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  • 7three-centered arch — noun a round arch whose inner curve is drawn with circles having three centers • Syn: ↑basket handle arch • Hypernyms: ↑round arch * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : an arch whose intrados curve is described from three centers …

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  • 8arch — Synonyms and related words: Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute, apse, arc, arcade, arcature, arch over, arched roof, archway, artful, astute, banner, bantam, barrow, basket handle arch, bend, bend back, bestraddle, bestride, bold, boundary stone …

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  • 9anse de panier — ˈäⁿsdə(ˌ)pȧnˈyā noun Etymology: French, literally, basket handle architecture : a broadly elliptical or 3 centered curve …

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  • 10ger-3 —     ger 3     English meaning: to turn, wind     Deutsche Übersetzung: “drehen, winden”     Material: A. O.Ind. guṇá ḥ (*gr̥ nó s) “ the single thread of a string, line, cord; stain “ (dvi , tri guṇa actually “ consisting of two, three threads …

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