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  1. noun Architecture A double curve with the shape of an elongated S.
  2. noun Architecture A molding having the profile of an S-shaped curve.
  3. noun Architecture An arch formed by two S-shaped curves meeting at a point. Also called ogee arch.

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  • White ceramic subway tile on the backsplash and an ogee edging on the solid-surface countertops are classic; stainless steel appliances are a nod to the new. —  Lead Stories from AOL
  • My Modernist friends hold multipaned windows, ogee moldings, and wallpaper beneath contempt; my Classicist friends deride bare walls, uncomfortable furniture, and pipe railings. —  Slate Magazine
  • This would involve the construction of a barrage, diversion channel to divert additional flood flow, excavation and enlargement of Batu pond to increase its storage capacity to 4.5 million cu m, and construction of other associated works such as additional inlets, trash screens, outlet gates, ogee weirs and floodwalls. —  Malaysia independent news
  • My Modernist friends hold multipaned windows, ogee moldings, and wallpaper beneath contempt; my Classicist friends deride bare walls, uncomfortable furniture, and pipe railings … Why are architects so dogmatic? —  ArtsJournal: Daily Arts News
  • A folky inlaid walnut chest of drawers with pierced skirt and turned pilasters achieved $5,850, and an inlaid walnut blanket chest with two drawers, quarter-ring turned corner molding and ogee bracket feet earned
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English oggifs, ogeus, pl. of ogif, ogive; see ogive.

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  1. Also written O G, as if descriptive of the double curve (so S is used to denote another double curve, and L, T, Y, etc., are used to denote architectural or mechanical forms resembling those letters), but held by some to be a corruption of ogive, a pointed arch—a sense, however, totally opposed to that of ogee.
 

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