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‖ cymaise Arch. Obs.|sɪˈmeɪz|
Also cymace, cymaize, cimaise.
[F. cymaise, ad. L. cymatium: see below.]
= cyma, cymatium.
1656Blount Glossogr., Cymace..a ledge or outward member in Architecture, fashioned somewhat like a Roman S, and termed a Wave or Ogee. 1726Leoni Alberti's Archit. II. 32 a, The cymaize being any list that is at the top of any member. Ibid. 35 a, The heads of the Mutules are cut perpendicular, with a cymaise over them. 1761Brit. Mag. II. 642 The true cima, or cimaise, imitated in ornaments. |