Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CY'CLOPS, n. [Gr. κυκλωψ; κυκλος, a circle, and ωψ, an eye.]

In fabulous history, certain giants, the sons of Neptune and Amphitrite, who had but one circular eye in the midst of the forehead. They inhabited Sicily, and assisted Vulcan in making thunderbolts for Jupiter. Lempriere.

CY-CLOS'TO-MOUS, a. [Gr. κυκλος and στομα.]

Having a circular mouth or aperture, as certain molluscous animals. – Kirby.

CY'DER, n.

See CIDER.

CYG'NET, n. [L. cygnus, cycnus, a swan; Gr. κυκνος.]

A young swan. – Shak.

CYL'IN-DER, n. [Gr. κυλινδρος, from κυλινδω, to roll, from κυλιω, id.; L. cylindrus; Sp. cilindro; It. id.; Fr. cylindre; Heb. Ch. גלל, جَالَ kaula, to roll.]

In geometry, a solid body supposed to be generated by the rotation of a parallelogram round one of its sides; or a long circular body of uniform diameter, and its extremities forming equal parallel circles. – Encyc. Bailey.

CYL-IN-DRA'CEOUS, a.

Cylindrical. [Little used.] – Lee. Bot.

CYL-IN'DRIC, or CYL-IN'DRIC-AL, a.

Having the form of a cylinder; or partaking of its properties.

CYL-IN-DRIC'I-TY, n.

A cylindrical form.

CYL-IN'DRI-FORM, a. [cylinder and form.]

Having the form of a cylinder.

CYL-IN-DROID', n. [cylinder and ειδος, form.]

A solid body, approaching to the figure of a cylinder, but differing in some respects, as having the bases elliptical, but parallel and equal. – Encyc.

CYL-IN-DRO-MET'IC, a.

Belonging to a scale used in measuring cylinders.

CY-MAR', n.

A slight covering; a scarf; properly, Simar.

CY-MA'TIUM, or CY'MA, n. [L.; Gr. κυματιον, a little wave, from κυμα, a wave.]

In architecture, a member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is waving, that is, concave at the top and convex at the bottom.

CYM'BAL, n. [L. cymbalum; Gr. κυμβαλον; It. cembalo.]

1. A musical instrument used by the ancients, hollow and made of brass, somewhat like a kettle-drum; but the precise form is not ascertained.
2. A mean instrument used by gypsies and vagrants, made of a steel wire, in a triangular form, on which are passed five rings, which are touched and shifted along the triangle with an iron rod held in the left hand, while it is supported in the right by a ring, to give it free motion. – Encyc.

CYM'BI-FORM, a. [L. cymba, a boat, and forma, form.]

Shaped like a boat. – Martyn.

CY'ME, or CY'MA, n. [Gr. κυμα, fetus, from κυω, to swell.]

1. Literally, a sprout, particularly of the cabbage. Technically, an aggregate of flowers composed of several florets sitting on a receptacle, producing all the primary peduncles from the same point, but having the partial peduncles scattered and irregular; all fastigiate, or forming a flat surface at the top. It is naked or with bractes. – Martyn.
2. A panicle, the elongation of all the ramifications of which is arrested, so that it has the appearance of an umbel. – Lindley.

CYM'LING, n.

A squash. – Virginia.

CY'MOID, a.

Having the term of a cyme.

CYM'O-PHANE, n. [Gr. κομα, a wave, and φαινω, to appear.]

A mineral, called also chrysoberyl. Its color is green of different shades; its fracture conchoidal or undulated, and in hardness it ranks next to the sapphire. – Haüy. Cleaveland.

CY-MOPH'A-NOUS, a.

Having a wavy floating light; opalescent; chatoyant.

CY'MOSE, or CY'MOUS, a.

Containing a cyme; in the form of a cyme. – Martyn.

CY-NAN'CHE, n. [Gr. κυναγχη, a dog-collar, angina; κυων, a dog, and αγχω, to press or bind, to suffocate.]

A disease of the throat or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing. It is of several kinds, and comprehends the quinsy, croup, and malignant sore throat.

CY-NAN'THRO-PY, n. [Gr. κυων, a dog, and ανθρωπος, man.]

A kind of madness in which men have the qualities of dogs. – Chalmers.

CY-NAP'I-N, or CY-NA'-PIA, n. [or CYN'A-PINE.]

An alkaloid obtained from Æthusa Cynapium, or fools-parsley.

CY-NARC-TOM'A-CHY, n. [Gr. κυων, a dog, αρκτος, a bear, and μαχη, a fight.]

Bear-baiting with a dog. [A barbarous word.] – Hudibras.