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ogee
[ oh-jee, oh-jee ]
noun
- a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
- Also called gula. Architecture. a molding with such a curve for a profile; cyma. : O.G., o.g.
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Origin of ogee1
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It has one Swastika; the main arms (of double lines) cross at right angles, the ends all curving to the left with a slight ogee.
Two fairly well formed Swastikas appear, both of the ogee style, with the ends curved to the right.
All three have one or more ends bent, not at any angle, but in a curve or hook, making an ogee.
Fig. 83 contains an unmistakable Swastika, the main arms of which cross at right angles, turning to the left with an ogee curve.
It is a circle with arms springing from the periphery, which arms turn all to the left, as they do in the ogee Swastika.
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