Definition of Ogams

1. ogam [n] - See also: ogam

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ogams

oftener
oftenest
oftenly
oftenness
oftensith
oftentide
oftentime
oftentimes
ofter
oftest
oftmentioned
ofttimes
oftused
ogam
ogamic
ogams (current term)
ogdensburgite
ogdoad
ogdoads
ogdoastich
ogdoastichs
ogee
ogee arch
ogeechee lime
ogees
ogenach
oggin
oggins
oggy oggy oggy
ogham

Literary usage of Ogams

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dictionary of English History edited by Sidney Low, Frederick Sanders Pulling (1896)
"It is even doubtful whether some of the Scottish ogams arc of Celtic origin. ... Besides the ogams, there are other Celtic inscriptions written in the ..."

2. Golspie: Contributions to Its Folklore by Edward Williams Byron Nicholson (1897)
"This alphabet is called the Ogam alphabet, and the separate letters ogams. I should like not only Golspie people but everyone in Scotland N. of the Fordi to ..."

3. The Story of the Alphabet by Edward Clodd (1900)
"RUNES AND ogams. THE Runic alphabet originated among the Scandinavians, who probably adapted it from some other script, since no traces of any picto- ..."

4. The Vernacular Inscriptions of the Ancient Kingdom of Alban by Edward Williams Byron Nicholson (1896)
"The main cause was that they were nearly all in ogams. ... He must understand that, although a few of the Pictish stones are written in ogams which are ..."

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