ogee noun & adjective. ['ǝʊdʒi:, ǝʊ'dʒi:] ME.
[Prob. reduced form of OGIVE, perh. through the pl. form ogi
v. es.]
Architecture.
A. noun.
1. = OGIVE 1. ME-E17.

2. (A moulding having) a curved surface S-shaped in cross-section, concave above and convex below; a cyma recta. Also occas., such a moulding convex above and concave below; a cyma reversa. L17.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Consisting of an ogee or a series of ogees; having the outline of an ogee or an ogee arch. L17.
ogee curve, ogee moulding, ogee shape, ogee window, etc. ogee arch an arch formed by two contrasted ogees which meet at its apex.

■ ogeed, ogee'd adjective having (the form of) an ogee or ogees M19.

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