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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In architecture: An arcade of small dimensions, such as a balustrade, formed by a series of little arches.
  • noun A blind arcade, used rather to decorate a wall-space, as beneath a row of windows or a cornice, than to meet a necessity of construction.

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  • noun a small, arched passageway

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