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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 23 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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OGEE (probably an English corruption of Fr. ogive, a diagonal groin rib, being a moulding commonly employed; equivalents in other languages are Lat. cyma-reversa, Ital. gola, Fr. cymaise, Ger. Kehlleisten)

OGEE (probably an
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ENGLISH
English corruption of Fr.
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OGIVE (a French term, of which the origin is obscure; auge, trough, from Lat. augere, to increase, and an Arabic astrological word for the " highest point." have been suggested as derivations)
ogive, a
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DIAGONAL (Gr. &a, through, ywvia, a corner)
diagonal
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GROIN
groin
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RIB (from 0. Eng. ribb; the word appears' in many Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Rippe, Swed. reb)
rib, being a moulding commonly employed; equivalents in other
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LANGUAGES
languages are
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LAT
Lat.
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CYMA (Gr. Kvaa, wave)
cyma-reversa, Ital. gola, Fr. cymaise, Ger. Kehlleisten) , a

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TERM

term given in.

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ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture to a' moulding of a

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double curvature,

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CONVEX

convex and

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CONCAVE

concave, in which the former is the uppermost (see MOULDING) . The name "

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OGEE (probably an English corruption of Fr. ogive, a diagonal groin rib, being a moulding commonly employed; equivalents in other languages are Lat. cyma-reversa, Ital. gola, Fr. cymaise, Ger. Kehlleisten)

ogee-

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arch " is often applied to an arch fcrmed by the

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MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting of two contrasted ogees (see ARCH) .

End of Article: OGEE (probably an English corruption of Fr. ogive, a diagonal groin rib, being a moulding commonly employed; equivalents in other languages are Lat. cyma-reversa, Ital. gola, Fr. cymaise, Ger. Kehlleisten)

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