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o.g.

1. Also, O.G. Philately. original gum: the gum on the back of a stamp when it is issued to the public.
2. Architecture. ogee.

officer of the guard

–noun Military.
an officer, acting under the officer of the day, who is responsible for the instruction, discipline, and performance of duty of the guard in a post, camp, or station. Abbreviation: OG, O.G.

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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