cambal, cymball, symbale

[O. Fr. cimbale; Fr. cymbale, from Lat. cymbalum, from Gr. kymbalon = a cymbal, from kymbos, kymbē = a cup, a basin.] Music ( Pl .): Discs of bronze, more or le basin shaped, clashed together or lightly touched in accord with the music. They are very ancient, IMG:content-1700.png:[blocks in formation] being represented in different forms upon the sepul- çÿ-mēne, s. [Cym( inum ), the same as cuminum chral monuments. They were used by the Lovites = cumin, and Eng., ., suff. -ene (Chem.) (q. v.).] in the Temple ordinances, and the sons of Asaph Inorganic Chem .: Cymol, methyl-propyl-benzene, excelled in their use. They are mentioned among the ark home-" harps, psalteries, timbrels, cornets, cornets, by the action of sodium on ortho-bromtolucne cymbals" (2 Sam. vi. 5). The loud sounding and high-sounding cymbals mentioned in Ps. cl. 5, were probably the clashing cymbals and rattling cast a nets. The Arabians have two sorts at the present time: the larger used in religious ceremonies, the smaller only in accompaniments to a dance. Cymbals were the special instruments of the (1-2) C6H4 Meta- (1-3), obtained by the action of sodium on meta-bromtoluene (1-3) and propyl iodide, boiling at 177°. (3) Para- (1-4), obtained by the action of sodium on a mixture of para-bromtoluene (1-4) and normal propyl bromide di olved [CORYBANT.] The metal used in their manufacture now is an alloy of 80 parts of copper to 20 of tin. They should not be struck together so as to coincide, but should rather be rubbed against each other with a single sliding motion. "The flourish of trumpets, the clash of cymbals , and the rolling of drums..."- Macaulay : Hist Eng., ch. ix. "Away with slothful loitering. Together arise, advance To Cybele's Phrygian forest, to the godde Phrygian home, Where ring the clanging cymbals , where echoes the bellowing drum." Grant Allen: Trans. of Catullus , Carm. lxiii. *cymbal-doctor, s. A teacher giving forth an empty sound (1 Cor. xiii. 1). "He was a disciple of those cymbal -doctors."-- Milton : Eikon ok las tes , ch. viii.