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Definition of Ogives
1. ogive [n] - See also: ogive
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ogives
Literary usage of Ogives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from 1831 to 1847 by Thomas Raikes (1857)
"Ask their vacant palaces, those records of departed grandeur, whose glassless
casements, mouldering ogives, and deserted chambers attest the fall of ..."
2. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1917)
"In three of the angles, the ogives spring from capitals set diagonally, over
small square angle- pilasters, similar to those in the angles of the south ..."
3. Special Loan Exhibition of Carpets and Other Textiles from Asia Minor by Philadelphia Museum of Art (1919)
"Background warm gray velvet, pattern in gold and silver thread, of curved stems
forming ogives with Gothic crowns at intersections. ..."
4. Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms Used in Architecture, Civil, Architecture by John Weale (1850)
"ogives, arches or branches of a Gothic vault, which, instead of being circular,
pass diagonally from one angle to another, and form a cross with the other ..."
5. Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by Colin MacFarquhar, George Gleig (1797)
"The members or mouldings of the ogives are called nerves, branches, or reins;
and the arches which ..."
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