Ogive

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Ogive - The French name for a pointed arch, hence ogival, a term applied to French Gothic architecture, but no longer used.

ogee or ogive arch
An arch with a pointed apex, formed by the intersection of two S curves usually confined to decoration and not used in arcade arches. Ogee arches were used only in the late Gothic period.
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Ogive
The pointed arch used in Gothic architecture.
Order
A term applied to the three styles of Greek columns and entablatures (Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian) and to the Roman Composite and Tuscan orders, developed from then original three orders.

Ogee molding: A molding made up of a convex and concave curve (S). Also called an ogive or keel molding.
An ogee is part of the crown molding that is frequently used at the top of a piece of case furniture
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Boss (architecture) - roughly cut stone set in place for later carving.
Also, an ornamental projection, a carved keystone of a ribbed vault at the intersection of the ogives.

See also: Architecture, Arch, Gothic, Ornament, Roman