Ogee, Ogive.

Ogee, Ogive. Ogive is the name given by the French to the pointed arch; and as an English architectural term, ogive ribs are the main ribs which cross one another at the intersection of the vaulting. Ogee, a form of the same word, is applied to a compound curve, made up of a convex curve continued by a concave one. Ogival work is common in the Decorated Style (q.v., fig. 3), and may be seen in the tracery of the Flamboyant (q.v.). The ogee moulding is that also called Cyma reversa, illustrated at MOULDING. The French word is from the Spanish auge, and that from the Arabic awj, 'summit,' 'vertex.'