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- OFF-SET
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- the portion of a buttress which is left exposed when the part above is reduced in
thickness, usually a slope.
- OGEE
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- design ofan arch or window incorporating both convex and Concave curves.
- ORDEAL
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- method of trail in which the accused is given a physical test (usually painful and/or
dangerous) which, presumably, can only be met successfully if he is innocent.
- ORIEL WINDOW
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- projecting curved or polygonal window.
- OUBLIETTE
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- dungeon or pit under the floor, reached by a trap-door, used for incarcerating prisoners
(Scottish pit prison).
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