cymaisen.
/sɪˈmeɪz/ Architecture. Obsolete.
= cyma n., cymatium n.
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1656 T. Blount Glossographia Cymace..a ledge or outward member in Architecture, fashioned somewhat like a Roman S, and termed a Wave or Ogee.
1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture II. 32 a The cymaize being any list that is at the top of any member.
1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture II. 35 a The heads of the Mutules are cut perpendicular, with a cymaise over them.
1761 Brit. Mag. 2 642 The true cima, or cimaise, imitated in ornaments.
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