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noun

Ogee n.

(Arch.) A molding, the section of which is the form of the letter S, with the convex part above; cyma reversa.

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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Etymology of 'Ogee'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ogee" Quotes from Famous Books

... sections of the screen terminate in ogee arches, elaborately cusped and crocketed, with perpendicular tracery in the spandrils. The ...

— Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury - with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire • H. J. L. J. Masse

... but he dodged him at every turn, and at last, making a great dust, he dashed into a hollow tree, which had been blown down, and, changing himself into a snake, crept out at its roots. Well that he did; for at the moment Manabozho, who is Ogee-bau-ge-mon (a species of lightning) struck the tree with all his power, and shivered it to fragments. Pauppukkeewis again took human shape, and again Manabozho, ...

— Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian • Anonymous

... first position. It is in the Perpendicular style, and consists of an altar-tomb, with a dado, ornamented by seven panels in front, on which lies the effigy of the poet, surmounted by a canopy of three ogee arches, with an inner order of five cusps, and terminating in crocketed pinnacles. There is a pilaster set angle-wise at each end, banded at the separate divisions of the monument, and also rising into crocketed pinnacles. There ...

— Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral • George Worley

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