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ogiva

ogiva [ME ogif, OF ogive < Sp. Ar. al-jibb=subterranean cistern with groined vaulting supported by pillars, Ar. al-jubb=cistern] , (arch.) ogive, rib of vault. 1289 de petra empta apud Cain ‥ item in ~is xlij (Comp. Sacr. Norw.) Arch. J. XXXII 167; 1325 in iiij pedibus de ogiv” emptis Ib. 169.

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