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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 See also:
ENGLISH
English corruption of Fr. See also:
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 See also:
DIAGONAL (Gr. &a, through, ywvia, a corner)
diagonal See also:
GROIN
groin See also:
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 See also:
LANGUAGES
languages are See also:
LAT
Lat. See also:
CYMA (Gr. Kvaa, wave)
cyma-reversa, Ital. gola, Fr. cymaise, Ger. Kehlleisten) , a See also:

TERM

term given in. See also:

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

architecture to a' moulding of a See also:

double curvature, See also:

CONVEX

convex and See also:

CONCAVE

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

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-See also:

arch " is often applied to an arch fcrmed by the See also:

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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