[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

recess \recess"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. recessed; p. pr.  vb.
   n. recessing.
   to make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.
   1913 webster
see also:
recessed recessing 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

recessed \recessed"\ r-ese^st", a.
   1. having a recess or recesses; as, a recessed arch or wall.
      1913 webster

   2. withdrawn; secluded. r. "comfortably recessed from
      curious impertinents." --miss edgeworth.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
recessed arch 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

recessed
     adj 1: having a sunken area; "hunger gave their faces a sunken
            look" syn: deep-set, sunken
     2: resembling an alcove
see also:
deep-set sunken 

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