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has glosseng: 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 a more varied form and of much larger dimensions than the ovolo, which was only a subordinate molding.
lexicalizationeng: Ovolo
instance of(noun) something used to beautify
ornamentation, decoration, ornament
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Italian
has glossita: L'ovolo รจ una modanatura liscia utilizzata nella decorazione architettonica greco-romana.
lexicalizationita: ovolo
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