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1. (Arch.) A member or molding of
the cornice, the profile of which is wavelike in form.

2. (Bot.) A cyme. See
Cyme.

Cyma recta, or
Cyma, a cyma, hollow in its upper part and
swelling below. -- Cyma reversa, or
Ogee, a cyma swelling out on the upper part
and hollow below.

Cy*mar" (sī*mär"), n.
[F. simarre. See Chimere.] A slight covering;
a scarf. See Simar.

Her body shaded with a light cymar.

Dryden.

||Cy*ma"ti*um
(s&ibreve;*mā"sh&ibreve;*ŭm), n.
[L., fr. Gr. kyma`tion, dim. of ky^ma a
wave.] (Arch.) A capping or crowning molding in
classic architecture.

Cym"bal (s&ibreve;m"bal). n.
[OE. cimbale, simbale, OF. cimbale, F.
cymbale, L. cymbalum, fr. Gr. ky`mbalon,
fr. ky`mbh, ky`mbos, anything hollow,
hollow vessel, basin, akin to Skr. kumbha pot.


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