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‖ cyma|ˈsaɪmə|
Also 6 syma, 6–9 sima, 7–8 scima, 8–9 cima.
[mod.L., a. Gr. κῦµα anything swollen, a billow, a wave, a waved or ogee moulding, the young sprout of a cabbage (in which sense also L. cȳma, whence the botanical use).]
1. Arch. A moulding of the cornice, the outline of which consists of a concave and a convex line; an ogee.
cyma recta: a moulding concave in its upper part, and convex in its lower part. cyma reversa (rarely cyma inversa): a moulding convex in its upper part, and concave in its lower part.
1563Shute Archit. C i b, 4 partes geue also to Sima reuersa. Ibid. C iij b, That second parte which remayneth of the Modulus ye shall geue vnto Syma. 1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 267 Scima reversa..Scima recta, or Ogee. 1726Leoni Alberti's Archit. II. 34 b, A Cima inversa of the breadth of two minutes. 1761Brit. Mag. II. 642 The true cima, or cimaise. 1850J. Leitch Müller's Anc. Art §249. 258 A base of several plinths and cymas.
2. Bot. = cyme 1 and 2.
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Cyma..the young Sprout of Coleworts, or other Herbs; a little Shoot, or Branch: But it is more especially taken by Herbalists for the top of any Plant. 1775Lightfoot Flora Scotica (1792) I. 236 The cyma, or little umbel which terminates the branches. |
