Ogive

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German

Noun

Ogive f (genitive Ogive, plural Ogiven)

  1. ogive
    • 1861, “Die Mormonen-Hauptstadt und deren Sultan”, in Die Gartenlaube, number 32, pages 504–506:
      Die Residenz dos Mormonen-Papstes ist von Granit und andern kostbaren Gesteinen gebaut, sieht mit ihren hervorspringenden Ogiven über den langen Fenstern sehr majestätisch aus und soll im Innern fürstlich ausgestattet werden für 30 Sultanas, die sich dieser alte Held von Sultan und Papst noch anzuschaffen gedenkt.
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