oftenness (ofnnes)

Frequency. Degrees of well doing there could be none, except perhaps in the seldomne e and often e e of doing well. Hooker , Eccles. Polity, i. 8. of tens it hest, adv . [Also of tens i the ; often sithes, of tes it hes , ofte , oft, often, + sithe2 , time.] Oftentimes; often. Upon Grisild, this poure creature, Ful ofte sithe the markys sette his ye. Chaucer, Clerk's Tale, 1. 177. For thou and other that leve your thyng, Wel ofte - sithes ye banne the kyng. MS . Čantab . Ff. v. 48, f. 48. ( Hall i well .) For whom I sighed have so often sithe . Gas coigne , Works (1587). ( Nares .) oftentidet, adv . [ME. often tide , oftetide , ofte , oft, often, + tide .] Oftentimes; often. Boste & deignouse pride & ille avisement Mishapnes often tide , dos many be schent. Rob. of Brunne, p. 289. IMG:content-1664.png:[blocks in formation] oft (ôft), a. [Now poetical.] The swain that told thee of their oft converse. Greene, Orlando Furioso. Till oft converse with heavenly habitants Begin to cast a beam on the outward shape. Milton , Comus, 1. 459. of-taket, v. t. [ME. of taken ; of- + take .] 1. To overtake. Them per ours men manly made the chace, ofthyncan, of thin can (pret. ofthuhte ), cause regret or sorrow, cause displeasure, person; be sorry for; repent. Rymenhild hit mizte of - thinke. King Horn (E. E. T. S.), 1. 972. Yet me of - thynketh [var. mathynketh ] that this avaunt me Chaucer , Troilus, 1. 1050. asterte. ogham ogee (ō-jē'), n. [Also written OG, as if descriptive of the double curve (so S is used to denote another double curve, and L, T, Y, etc., are used to denote architectural or mechanical forms resembling those letters), but held by some to be a corruption of ogive, a pointed arch-a sense, however, totally opposed to that of ogee.] 1. A double or reverse curve formed by the union of a convex and a concave line.2. In arch., etc., a molding the section of which presents such a double-curved line; a cyma. IMG:content-1665.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Early English period. 2. Decorated period. 3. Perpendicular period. In medieval architecture moldings of this kind a umed characteristically different forms at different periods. Ogee is frequently used attributively. See cuts under cyma and roof. 3. In artillery , such a molding formerly used for ornament on guns, mortars, and howitzers. -Ogee arch, a form of arch common in late medieval architecture, with doubly curved sides, the lower part of each side being concave and the part toward the apex convex.- Ogee roof, a roof of which the outline is an ogee. See cut under roof.- Reversed ogee, in arch . , the cyma revers a molding. Ogeechee lime. See lime3 . Ogee Arch.