Part 2711

<hw>Cyl"in*droid</hw> <tt>(s?l"?n-droid)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/ cylinder + <ets>-oid</ets>: cf. F. <ets>cylindro<?/de</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A solid body resembling a right cylinder, but having the bases or ends elliptical.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A certain surface of the third degree, described by a moving straight line; -- used to illustrate the motions of a rigid body and also the forces acting on the body.</def>

<h1>Cylindrometric</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy*lin`dro*met"ric</hw> <tt>(s?-l?n`dr?-m?t"r?k)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr.<?/<?/<?/<?/ + <?/<?/<?/<?/ measure.]</ety> <def>Belonging to a scale used in measuring cylinders.</def>

<h1>Cyma</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy"ma</hw> <tt>(s?"m?)</tt> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/ See <er>Cyme</er>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is wavelike in form.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A cyme. See <er>Cyme</er>.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Cyma recta<col>, &or; <col>Cyma</col>, <cd>a cyma, hollow in its upper part and swelling below.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Cyma reversa</col>, &or; <col>Ogee</col>, <cd>a cyma swelling out on the upper part and hollow below.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cymar</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy*mar"</hw> <tt>(s?-m?r")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>simarre</ets>. See <er>Chimere</er>.]</ety> <def>A sight covering; a scarf. See <er>Simar</er>.</def>

<blockquote>Her body shaded with a light <b>cymar</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cymatium</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cy*ma"ti*um</hw> <tt>(s?-m?"sh?-?m)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/, dim. of <?/<?/<?/<?/ a wave.]</ety> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A capping or crowning molding in classic architecture.</def>

<h1>Cymbal</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cym"bal</hw> <tt>(s?m"b<it>a</it>l)</tt>. <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>cimbale</ets>, <ets>simbale</ets>, OF. <ets>cimbale</ets>, F. <ets>cymbale</ets>, L. <ets>cymbalum</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/, fr. <?/<?/<?/<?/, <?/<?/<?/<?/, anything hollow, hollow vessel, basin, akin to Skr. <ets>kubha</ets> pot. Cf. <er>Chime</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A musical instrument used by the ancients. It is supposed to have been similar to the modern kettle drum, though perhaps smaller.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<note>&hand; 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.</note>

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

<h1>Cymbalist</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cym"bal*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A performer upon cymbals.</def>

<h1>Cymbiform</h1> <Xpage=361>

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

<h1>Cymbium</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cym"bi*um</hw> <tt>(s?m"b?-?m)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., a small cup, fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of marine univalve shells; the gondola.</def>

<h1>Cyme</h1> <Xpage=361>

<hw>Cyme</hw> <tt>(s?m)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cyma</ets> the young sprount of a cabbage, fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/, prop., anything swollen, hence also cyme, wave, fr. <?/<?/<?/ to be pregnant.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Cymene</h1> <Xpage=361>