The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
n. Either of two moldings, cyma recta or cyma reversa, having an undulating or S-shaped profile, used especially in classical architecture. Also called cymatium.
n. A moulding of the cornice, wavelike in form, whose outline consists of a concave and a convex line; an ogee.
n. = cyme
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is wavelike in form.
n. A cyme. See Cyme.
n.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In architecture, a member or molding of the cornice, of which the profile is an ogee, or curve of contrary flexure.
n. In botany, same as cyme.
n. [capitalized] Same as Cuma, 2.
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n. (architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex)
Word Usage
"There is one very curious passage in which he is talking about a very pretty girl, and wants to make it plain that she had a very beautiful mouth, and he says, "Her mouth was of that exquisite curve which is termed the cyma recta, or the 'Ogee arch.'""