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*mńr"), 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. Cf. Chime.] 1. A musical instrument used by the ancients. It is supposed to have been similar to the modern kettle drum, though perhaps smaller.
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. &?;&?;&?;&?;.] (Zo÷l.) A genus of marine univalve shells; the gondola.
Cyme (s?m), n. [L. cyma the young sprount of a cabbage, fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;, prop., anything swollen, hence also cyme, wave, fr. &?;&?;&?; to be pregnant.] (Bot.) A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the centrifugal or determinate type, differing from a corymb chiefly in the order of the opening of the blossoms.
Cy"mene (s?"m?n), n. (Chem.) A colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon, CH3. C6H4.C3H7, of pleasant odor, obtained from oil of cumin, oil of caraway, carvacrol, camphor, etc.; -- called also paracymene, and formerly camphogen.
Cy"me*nol (s?"m?-n?l), n. (Chem.) See Carvacrol.
Cy"mi*dine ( s?"m?-d?n or -d?n; 104), n. (Chem.) A liquid organic base, C10H13.NH2, derived from cymene.
Cy*mif"er*ous (s?-m?f"?r-?s), a. [Cyme + -ferous.] Producing cymes.
{ Cym"ling, Cymb"ling (s?m"l?ng) }, n. A scalloped or "pattypan" variety of summer squash.
Cy"mo*gene (s?"m?-j?n), n. (Chem.) A highly volatile liquid, condensed by cold and pressure from the first products of the distillation of petroleum; -- used for producing low temperatures.
Cy"moid (s?"moid), a. [Cyme + -oid.] (Bot.) Having the form of a cyme.
Cym"o*phane (s?m"?-f?n or s?"m?-), n. [Gr.&?;&?;&?; wave + &?;&?;&?; To appear: cf. F. cymophane. So named in allusion to a peculiar opalescence often seen in it.] (Min.) See Chrysoberyl.
Cy*moph"a*nous (s?-m?f"?-n?s or s?-), a. Having a wavy, floating light; opalescent; chatoyant.
{ Cy"mose (s?"m?s; 277), Cy"mous (s?"m?s), } a. [L. cymosus full of shoots: cf. FF. cymeux. See Cyme.] (Bot.) Having the nature of a cyme, or derived from a cyme; bearing, or pertaining to, a cyme or cymes.
Cym"ric (k?m"r?k), a. [W. Cymru Wales.] Welsh. -- n. The Welsh language. [Written also Kymric.]
Cym"ry (-r?), n. [W., pl.] A collective term for the Welsh race; -- so called by themselves . [Written also Cymri, Cwmry, Kymry, etc.]
Cy"mule (s?"m?l), n. [Cf. L. cymula a tender sprout, dim. of cyna. See Cyme.] (Bot.) A small cyme, or one of very few flowers.
||Cy*nan"che (s?-n?n"k?), n. [L., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?; a dog's collar, a bad kind of sore throat. Cf. Quinsy.] (Med.) Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing.
Cy*nan"thro*py (s?-n?n"thr?-p?), n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?; of a dog-man; &?;&?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;, dog + &?;&?;&?;&?;&?; man: cf. F. cynanthropie.] (Med.) A kind of madness in which men fancy themselves changed into dogs, and imitate the voice and habits of that animal.
Cyn`arc*tom"a*chy (s?n`?rk-t?m"?-k?). n. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;&?;, dog + &?;&?;&?; bear + &?;&?;&?; fight.] Bear baiting with a dog. Hudibras.
Cyn`ar*rho"di*um (s?n`?r-r?"d?-?m), n. [NL., from Gr. &?;&?;&?;&?;&?; dog-rose; &?;&?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;, dog + &?;&?;&?; rose.] (Bot.) A fruit like that of the rose, consisting of a cup formed of the calyx tube and receptacle, and containing achenes.
Cyn`e*get"ics (s&ibreve;n`&esl;*j&ebreve;t"&ibreve;ks), n. [Gr. kynhgetikh` (sc. te`chnh art), fr. kynhge`ths hunter; ky`wn, kyno`s, dog + &?;&?;&?; to lead.] The art of hunting with dogs.
{ Cyn"ic (s&ibreve;n"&ibreve;k), Cyn"ic*al (-&ibreve;*kal), } a. [L. cynicus of the sect of Cynics, fr. Gr. kyniko`s, prop., dog- like, fr. ky`wn, kyno`s, dog. See Hound.] 1. Having the qualities of a surly dog; snarling; captious; currish.
I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received.
Johnson.