Pressure, strain; an awkward or difficult situation.

An arch, an archway; an arched or vaulted roof or canopy; the vaulted ground floor of a tower or fortified building; a covered passage or entry; (in later use) especially one leading off a street frontage.

To pinch, be constricting. Also: to press or beat down. Compare pend.

To depend on or upon.

To await conclusion or resolution.

To treat as pending; to postpone deciding on or attending to; to defer.