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idge over the eye, with the hair that covers it, forming an arch above the orbit. And his arched brow, pulled o'er his eyes, With solemn proof proclaims him wise. Churchill.

sels wire ground, a ground for lace, made of silk, with meshes partly straight and partly arched.

Having the keel arched upwards, but not actually hogged; -- said of a ship.

Its nutritious seed, used in cookery, and especially, when roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the Eastern deserts.

lace; principally; preëminently; above; especially. Search through this garden; leave unsearched no nook; But chiefly where those two fair creatures lodge. Milton.

In a clear manner; plainly. Now clear I understand What oft . . . thoughts have searched in vain. Milton.

dyed; painted; stained. The lime rod, colored as the glede. Chaucer. The colored rainbow arched wide. Spenser.

Rounded; arched. [Obs.] She came . . . into the compassed window. Shak.

A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess. Up to the fiery concave towering hight. Milton.

Bowed in the form of an arch; -- called also arched.

Brought close together; arched inward so that the points meet; converging; in close contact; as, the connivent petals of a flower, wings of an insect, or folds of membrane in the human system, etc.

To march back, or to march in reversed order. The two armies marched and countermarched, drew near and receded. Macaulay.

The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed. Knight.

A hood-shaped organ, resembling a cowl or monk's hood, as certain concave and arched sepals or petals.

the sleeve of the garment or separate;especially, in modern times, such an appendage of starched linen, or a substitute for it of paper, or the like.

rded with disfavor. [Obs.] What fables have you vexed, what truth redeemed, Antiquities searched, opinions disesteemed B. Jonson.

united by growth or otherwise; -- with from. The intention was that the two armies which marched out together should afterward be distinct. Clarendon.

Characterized by drought; wanting rain; arid; adust. Droughty and parched countries. Ray.

applied to movements on land, as convoy is to movements at sea. The troops of my escort marched at the ordinary rate. Burke.

the place where troops on the march halt over night; also, by extension, the distance marched during a day.