Recessed \Re*cessed"\ (r[-e]*s[e^]st"), a.
1. Having a recess or recesses; as, a recessed arch or wall.
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2. Withdrawn; secluded. [R.] "Comfortably recessed from
curious impertinents." --Miss Edgeworth.
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{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.
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