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ovolo

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o=vo=lo

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun ovolo has 1 sense

ovolo(n = noun.artifact) quarter round, thumb - a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse; Array

has particulars: echinus

is a kind of molding, moulding

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CIDE DICTIONARY

ovolo, n. [It. ovolo, uovolo, fr. L. ovum an egg. Cf. Ovule.].

A round, convex molding. See Illust. of Column. [1913 Webster]

" In Roman work it is usually a quarter circle in section; in Greek work it is flatter, and is equivalent to the echinus; that is, it has in section the elastic curve of the shell of the sea urchin. In mediæval architecture it is not distinguishable from the multitude of convex moldings, of all sections, which are used." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

ovolo, n. (pl. ovoli) Archit. a rounded convex moulding.

Etymology

It. dimin. of ovo egg f. L OVUM

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