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Recessed arch

Recessed \Re*cessed"\ (r[-e]*s[e^]st"), a.

  1. Having a recess or recesses; as, a recessed arch or wall.

  2. Withdrawn; secluded. [R.] ``Comfortably recessed from curious impertinents.''
    --Miss Edgeworth.

    Recessed arch (Arch.), one of a series of arches constructed one within another so as to correspond with splayed jambs of a doorway, or the like.