Look up: Ovolo


  1. Ovolo
    Ovolo (or ovulo) in architecture, is a convex molding known also as the echinus, which in Classical architecture was invariably carved with the egg-and-dart ornament. The molding is called a quarter-round by woodworkers. Not to be confounded with the "echinus" of the Dorian capital, as this was of ...
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  2. Ovolo
    In architecture an ovolo is a round, convex moulding. 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 mediaeval architecture it is not distinguishab...
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  3. ovolo
    [n] - a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=ovolo

  4. Ovolo
    a convex moulding profile forming a quarter of a circle, sometimes called a quarter round.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20935

  5. Ovolo
    See quadrant.
    Found op http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/resources/glossary.html

  6. ovolo
    See mouldings.
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  7. Ovolo
    O'vo·lo noun [ Italian ovolo , uovolo , from Latin ovum an egg. Confer Ovule .] (Architecture) A round, convex molding. See Illust. of Column . » In Roman work it is usually a quarter circle in ...
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  8. ovolo
    A round, convex molding. ... 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 mediaeval architecture it is not distinguishable from the multitude of ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?ovolo

  9. ovolo
    thumb 1 quarter round noun a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ovolo

  10. Ovolo
    • (n.) A round, convex molding. See Illust. of Column.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/ovolo/

  11. Ovolo
    An oval convex moulding placed vertically. Popular in 16thC stamped
    Found op http://freespace.virgin.net/a.data/glossaryframes.htm

  12. ovolo
    ovolo (ō'vulō") : see molding.
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0917105.html

  13. ovolo
    1) Convex molding 2) Curved molding 3) Molding 4) Moulding 5) Quarter round 6) Rounded molding 7) Thumb
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/ovolo/1

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