Usually means: Classical ornamental motif, egg-shaped elements.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word egg-and-dart:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. egg-and-dart: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. egg-and-dart: Vocabulary.com
  3. egg-and-dart: Wordnik
  4. egg-and-dart: Dictionary.com
  5. Egg-and-dart: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. egg-and-dart: Rhymezone
  7. egg-and-dart: FreeDictionary.org
  8. egg-and-dart: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. egg-and-dart, Egg-and-dart: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. egg-and-dart: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Egg-and-dart)

noun:  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).


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