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Princeton's WordNet

  1. egg-and-dart, egg-and-anchor, egg-and-tonguenoun

    a decorative molding; a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape

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  1. Egg-and-dart

    Egg-and-dart, also known as egg-and-tongue, egg-and-anchor, or egg-and-star, is an ornamental device adorning the fundamental quarter-round, convex ovolo profile of moulding, consisting of alternating details on the face of the ovolo—typically an egg-shaped object alternating with a V-shaped element (e.g., an arrow, anchor, or dart). The device is carved or otherwise fashioned into ovolos composed of wood, stone, plaster, or other materials. Egg-and-dart enrichment of the ovolo molding of the Ionic capital was used by ancient Greek builders, so it is found in ancient Greek architecture (e.g., the Erechtheion at the Acropolis of Athens), was used later by the Romans and continues to adorn capitals of modern buildings built in Classical styles (e.g., the Ionic capitals of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., or the ones of the Romanian Athenaeum from Bucharest). Its ovoid shape (the egg) and serrated leaf (the dart) are believed to represent the opium poppy and its leaves. The moulding design element continues in use in neoclassical architecture. As a mass-produced architectural motif at the turn of the 19th to the 20th century, it can, when seen alongside dentils (tooth-like blocks of wood in rows), be used to date a building to the Edwardian period, which began with the death of Queen Victoria in 1901.

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  1. egg-and-dart

    Egg-and-dart is a decorative design derived from ancient Greek architecture where an egg-shaped object is alternated with an object shaped like an arrow or dart. It is often seen carved into mouldings, frames, and other similar structures.

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  1. Egg-and-dart

    Egg-and-dart or Egg-and-tongue is an ornamental device often carved in wood, stone, or plaster quarter-round ovolo mouldings, consisting of an egg-shaped object alternating with an element shaped like an arrow, anchor or dart. Egg-and-dart enrichment of the ovolo molding of the Ionic capital is found in Ancient Greek architecture at the Erechtheion and was used by the Romans. This design motif has been common in the classical architecture of Europe since the Renaissance.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of egg-and-dart in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of egg-and-dart in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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