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▪ I. † arche Obs.
[a. OF. arche:—L. arca: cf. ark. It is possible that the OE. arc, arce may itself have become arch in some dialects, but the use of this form down to the 16th c. is clearly from Fr.]
1. Noah's ark; = ark 3.
1205Lay. 26 Noe & Sem, Japhet & Cham and heore four wiues þe mid heom weren on archen. c1230Ancr. R. 334 Eihte i þen arche. c1250Gen. & Ex. 580 Ðan noe was in to ðe arche cumen. a1300Cursor M. 1843 On þe streme þat arche can ride. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. xii. 247 For archa noe..Ys no more to mene Bote holy churche.
2. The ark of the covenant; = ark 2. Also transf.
c1450Lonelich Grail xvi. 290 To kepen this holy arch [of the Grail] in this manere. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 422/4 The arche of the testamente of god. 1532More Confut. Tindale Wks. 420/2 They abhorred not in the arche the ymages of the angels.
▪ II. arche
obs. form of arch n. |