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Sima

The upturned edge of a roof which acts as a gutter; a cyma.

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The upturned edge of a roof which acts as a gutter; a cyma.

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cimanoun	A surname from Italian.
scimanoun	Obsolete spelling of cyma. [(architecture) The wavelike, curved shape of a cymatium, consisting of a concave and a convex line; (loosely) the cymatium itself.]
symanoun	Obsolete spelling of cyma. [(architecture) The wavelike, curved shape of a cymatium, consisting of a concave and a convex line; (loosely) the cymatium itself.]
cyma rectanoun	(architecture) A cyma concave in its upper part, and convex in its lower part.
cymanoun	(architecture) The wavelike, curved shape of a cymatium, consisting of a concave and a convex line; (loosely) the cymatium itself.
cymenoun	(botany) A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the centrifugal or determinate type, on which each axis terminates with a flower which blooms before the flowers below it.
cyma reversanoun	(architecture) A cyma convex in its upper part, and concave in its lower part.
cymatiumnoun	(architecture) A molding on the cornice, above the corona, often having a wavelike form (cyma).
gulanoun	The upper front of the neck, next to the chin; the upper throat.
cullisnoun	(architecture) A gutter in a roof.
cimbianoun	(architecture) A fillet or band placed around the shaft of a column as if to strengthen it.
casematenoun	(military) A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops.
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