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2. A musical instrument of brass, shaped
like a circular dish or a flat plate, with a handle at the back;
-- used in pairs to produce a sharp ringing sound by clashing
them together.

&fist; In orchestras, one cymbal is commonly attached to the
bass drum, and the other heid in the drummer's left hand, while
his right hand uses the drumstick.

3. A musical instrument used by gypsies
and others, made of steel wire, in a triangular form, on which
are movable rings.

Cym"bal*ist, n. A performer
upon cymbals.

Cym"bi*form (s?m"b?-f?rm),, a. [L.
cymba boat (Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;) + -form: cf. F.
cymbiforme.] Shaped like a boat; (Bot.)
elongated and having the upper surface decidedly concave, as the
glumes of many grasses.

||Cym"bi*um (s?m"b?-?m), n. [L., a
small cup, fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;.] (Zoöl.) A
genus of marine univalve shells; the gondola.

Cyme (s?m), n. [L. cyma the
young sprount of a cabbage, fr.


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