v. Obs. Cf. INARCH. [f. EN-1 + ARCH sb.; cf. OF. enarchier.] a. trans. To build or set in the form of an arch. b. To arch in or over, draw an arch over. c. Her. In pass. of a chevron: To have an arch within its inner angle. Hence Enarched ppl. a.

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c. 1430.  Lydg., Stor. Thebes (E.E.T.S.), 1253. A porche bilt of square stonys ful myghtely enarched.

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1562.  Leigh, Armorie (1597), 105 b. The fielde Argent, a Cheueron enarched Sable.

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1611.  Speed, Hist. Gt. Brit., IX. xii. (1632), 705. Enarching the ayre with a spatious Rainebow.

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1610.  Guillim, Heraldry, II. vi. (1611), 57. Sometimes enarched sometimes reuersed.

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1631.  Weever, Anc. Fun. Mon., 842. This enarched Monument.

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