/sooh'peuhr sil"ee euhm/ , n. , pl. supercilia /-sil"ee euh/ . Archit.
1. the fillet above the cyma of a cornice.
2. (on an Attic base) either of the fillets above and below the scotia.
[ 1555-65; super- SUPER- + -cilium eyelid, akin to celare to CONCEAL, E HULL, Gk kaliá hut, shrine; cf. -IUM ]