Definition of Ovolos

1. Noun. (plural of ovolo) ¹

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Definition of Ovolos

1. ovolo [n] - See also: ovolo

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ovolos

ovoflavin
ovogenesis
ovoglobulin
ovogonium
ovoid
ovoidal
ovoidals
ovoids
ovolactovegetarian
ovolactovegetarianism
ovolactovegetarians
ovolarviparous
ovoli
ovolo
ovology
ovolos (current term)
ovomucin
ovomucoid
ovonic
ovonics
ovoplasm
ovoplasma
ovoprotogen
ovosiston
ovotestes
ovotransferrin
ovovitellin
ovoviviparity

Literary usage of Ovolos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Narrative of a Journey Round the Dead Sea, and in the Bible Lands, in 1850 by Edouard de Warren (1854)
"... but of an eccentric model; for instance, the volutes, of small proportions, are separated by two large ovolos, and between the volutes and the adjacent ..."

2. Outlines of the History of Art by Wilhelm Lübke (1904)
"... inward or outward, ovolos flutings, small plinths, and narrow beads—frequently occur Here, too, there is perfect freedom of combination. ..."

3. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"... proper from the fillet or soffit It is much used between moldings in Gothic architecture; in Grecian, and sometimes in Roman, architecture ovolos and ..."

4. Life in Brazil by Thomas Ewbank (1856)
"... as if the tool had just been withdrawn. The rings left between the grooves are in some instances worked into ovolos and astragals. ..."

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