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An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy. |
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An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use
for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell;
a cellar. |
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The canopy of heaven; the sky. |
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A leap or bound. |
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The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet. |
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A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or
the like. |
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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. |
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To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a
pole; as, to vault a fence. |
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To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring. |
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To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble. |