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De - Pt| English Dictionary: vaulted | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for vaulted | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Vaulted \Vault"ed\, a. 1. Arched; concave; as, a vaulted roof. 2. Covered with an arch, or vault. 3. (Bot.) Arched like the roof of the mouth, as the upper lip of many ringent flowers. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Vault \Vault\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vaulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vaulting}.] [OE. vouten, OF. volter, vouter, F. vo[96]ter. See {Vault} an arch.] 1. To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court. The shady arch that vaulted the broad green alley. --Sir W. Scott. 2. [See {Vault}, v. i.] To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence. I will vault credit, and affect high pleasures. --Webster (1623). | |
