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Webster 1913 Edition
Recessed
Re-cessed′
(rē̍-sĕst′)
, Adj.
1.
Having a recess or recesses;
as, a
. recessed
arch or wall2.
Withdrawn; secluded.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.