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Ogee   Listen
noun
Ogee  n.  
1.
(Arch.) A molding, the section of which is the form of the letter S, with the convex part above; cyma reversa.
2.
Hence, any similar figure used for any purpose.
Ogee arch (Arch.), a pointed arch, each of the sides of which has the curve of an ogee, that is, has a reversed curve near the apex.





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"Ogee" Quotes from Famous Books



... has a spacious church, prettily situated. The Perp. tower has double belfry windows, and elaborate pinnacles, but the summit seems to have been injured and rebuilt, for the upper lights are enclosed within an ogee moulding which breaks the line of the parapet; and one of the pinnacles is of unusual character. At the S. door note stoup, and within the church observe (1) the 15th cent. screen; (2) the squints, high up in the chancel pillars; (3) the ...
— Somerset • G.W. Wade and J.H. Wade


Words linked to "Ogee" :   ogee arch, cyma reversa, cymatium, cyma


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