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ogee

[oh-jee, oh-jee]
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noun
  1. a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
  2. Also called gula. Architecture. a molding with such a curve for a profile; cyma. Abbreviation: O.G., o.g.

Origin of ogee

1275–1325; Middle English ogeus, oggez (plural), variant (by assimilation of f) of oggifs, presumed singular oggif diagonal rib of a vault < Anglo-French, Old French ogive ogive
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Related Words for ogee

trajectory, arc, arch, contour, loop, swerve, sweep, hairpin, crook, bend, whorl, ambit, concavity, circle, quirk, curvature, festoon, bight, compass, circumference

Examples from the Web for ogee

Historical Examples of ogee

  • Small windows have heads shaped in the ogee or trefoil forms.

    English Villages

    P. H. Ditchfield

  • Second, because the ogee has in it, in a combined form, the outlines of nearly all the other types.

  • But for variation we may decide to use the ogee reversed, as in Fig. 200.

  • On this band we can apply the ogee type (Fig. 199) right side up.

  • It is capable of use with other moldings, and may be reversed with just as good effect as the ogee.

British Dictionary definitions for ogee

ogee

noun architect
  1. Also called: talon a moulding having a cross section in the form of a letter S
  2. short for ogee arch

Word Origin for ogee

C15: probably variant of ogive
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Word Origin and History for ogee
n.

"S-shaped molding," 1670s, from French ogive "diagonal rib of a vault," earlier augive, of unknown origin. Related: ogival.

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