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gulae

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gu⋅la

  [gyoo-luh, goo-]
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–noun, plural -lae  [-lee] , -las.
1. Zoology.
a. the upper part of the throat or gullet.
b. the front or forward part of the neck.
2. Architecture.
a. a molding having a large hollow, as a cavetto.
b. ogee (def. 2).
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L: throat, gullet, appetite

Related forms:
gular, adjective

o⋅gee

  [oh-jee, oh-jee]
–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:
1275–1325; ME ogeus, oggez (pl.), var. (by assimilation of f) of oggifs, presumed sing. oggif diagonal rib of a vault < AF, OF ogive ogive
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