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  • 81Kimpton — This interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a locational name from either of two places thus called. Kimpton in Hampshire was recorded as Chementune in the Domesday Book of 1086, and as Keminton in the 1167 Pipe Rolls, and the place …

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  • 82molding — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. necking, surbase, baseboard, platband; cornice, fillet, tringle, chaplet, etc.; edging, border, ornamentation. See ornament. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A molded or carved strip] Syn. architectural… …

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  • 83cymatium — cy•ma•ti•um [[t]sɪˈmeɪ ʃi əm, saɪ [/t]] n. pl. ti•a [[t] ʃi ə[/t]] archit. the uppermost member of a classical cornice: usu. a cyma recta in form • Etymology: 1555–65; < L < Gk kȳmátion, dim. of kŷma wave; see cyma …

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  • 84cymograph — noun scientific instrument consisting of a rotating drum holding paper on which a stylus traces a continuous record (as of breathing or blood pressure) • Syn: ↑kymograph • Hypernyms: ↑scientific instrument * * * cymographic /suy meuh graf ik/,… …

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  • 85cymoid — I. ˈsīˌmȯid adjective Etymology: cyma + oid : like a cyma II. adjective Etymology: cym + oid : like a cyme …

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  • 86Lesbian cymatium. — See cyma reversa. Also, Lesbian cyma. [1720 30] …

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  • 87cy´mose|ly — cy|mose «SY mohs, sy MOHS», adjective. Botany. 1. having a cyme or cymes. 2. like a cyme. 3. = determinate: (Cf. ↑determinate) »a cymose flower cluster. ╂[< Latin c ōsus < c see etym. under cyma (Cf. ↑ …

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  • 88cy|mose — «SY mohs, sy MOHS», adjective. Botany. 1. having a cyme or cymes. 2. like a cyme. 3. = determinate: (Cf. ↑determinate) »a cymose flower cluster. ╂[< Latin c ōsus < c see etym. under cyma (Cf. ↑ …

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  • 89semi-revers — Corrupt anglicized form of cyma reversa: see cyma 1. [see semi rect n.] …

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  • 90Cima — Ci ma, n. (Arch.) A kind of molding. See {Cyma}. [1913 Webster] …

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