Heraldry definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary HER'ALDRY, n. The art or office of a herald. Heraldry is the art, practice or science of recording genealogies,and ... 2 heraldic pomp. 3 armorial bearings. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Heraldry Her"ald*ry, n. The art or office of a ... marshaling cavalcades, processions, and public ceremonies. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Heraldry is the study of coats of arms and of the ...
Canting heraldry definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Canting Cant"ing, a. Speaking ... ing*ly, adv. -- Cant"ing*ness, n. Canting arms, Canting heraldry (Her.), bearings in the nature of a rebus alluding to ...
... s 1828 Dictionary HER'ALDIC, a. Pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as heraldic delineations. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1 ... a new style of music" 2: of or relating to heraldry [syn: heraldic, heraldist] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1772 of or relating to heralds or heraldry • heraldically adverb Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. of or concerning heraldry. Derivatives: heraldically adv. Etymology: HERALD Webster's 1913 Dictionary Heraldic ... F. h['e]raldique.] Of or pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as, heraldic blazoning; heraldic language. --T. Warton. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Heraldic means relating to heraldry. ...religious and heraldic symbols. ADJ: ADJ n
... Ensigns armorial. 4. The knowledge of coat-armor; skill in heraldry. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a collection of ... arms are manufactured Oxford Reference Dictionary 1. n. (pl. -ies) heraldry. Derivatives: armorial adj. Etymology: OF armoierie: see ARMOURY 2. US ... 4. Ensigns armorial; armorial bearings. --Spenser. 5. That branch of heraldry which treats of coat armor. The science of heraldry, or, more justly speaking, armory, which is but one branch of heraldry, is, without doubt, of very ancient origin. --Cussans. Collin's ... gun park, gyron, hammer and sickle, hatchment, helmet, heraldic device, heraldry, hold, honor point, hutch, impalement, impaling, industrial park, industrial ...
... sepals [syn: iris, flag, fleur-de-lis, sword lily] 2: (heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris [syn ... iris 3 2. a conventionalized iris in artistic design and heraldry Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (also fleur-de-lys) (pl. fleurs- pronunc. same) 1 the iris flower. 2 Heraldry a a lily composed of three petals bound together near ... griffin, gules, gyron, hammer and sickle, hatchment, helmet, heraldic device, heraldry, honor point, impalement, impaling, inescutcheon, insignia, label, lapel pin, lion ...
... used as a remedy for sprains and inflammations. 15. In heraldry, that which is borne upon the color; or the figures ... Jones was guilty of drunken driving" [syn: accusation, charge] 14: heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield ... an exhortation; directions, orders. 8 a burden or load. 9 Heraldry a device; a bearing. Phrases and idioms: charge account US ...
... genus; being the idea that defines the species. 10. In heraldry, a certain figure added to a coat of arms, serving ... b the grounds of disagreement (put aside their differences). 6 Heraldry an alteration in a coat of arms distinguishing members of a family. --v.tr. Heraldry alter (a coat of arms) to distinguish members of a ...
... the Noun.] Black; dark; used chiefly in poetry or in heraldry; as night with her sable mantle; the sable throne of ... black in old age. --adj. 1 (usu. placed after noun) Heraldry black. 2 esp. poet. dark, gloomy. Derivatives: sabled adj. sably adv. Etymology: ME f. OF (in Heraldry): gen. taken to be identical with SABLE(1), although sable ...
... 2005) n 1: a fire-breathing dragon used in medieval heraldry; had the head of a dragon and the tail of ... creature resembling a dragon Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (also wivern) Heraldry a winged two-legged dragon with a barbed tail. Etymology ... dragon, and without spurs. [Written also wyvern.] The jargon of heraldry, its griffins, its mold warps, its wiverns, and its dragons ...
... 2. The sky, or azure vault of heaven. 3. In heraldry, a blue color in coats of all persons under the ... adj. --n. 1 a a deep sky-blue colour. b Heraldry blue. 2 poet. the clear sky. --adj. 1 a of the colour azure. b Heraldry blue. 2 serene, untroubled. Etymology: ME f. OF asur, azur ...
... will by way of addition; as a codicil. 3. In heraldry, a fillet usually placed in the middle, along the chief ... its subject, register, nationality, etc. 6 Archit. a dripstone. 7 Heraldry the mark of an eldest son, consisting of a superimposed ... n. [OF. label sort of ribbon or fringe, label in heraldry, F. lambeau shred, strip, rag; of uncertain origin; cf. L ...
... 4. Ensigns armorial; armorial bearings. --Spenser. 5. That branch of heraldry which treats of coat armor. The science of heraldry, or, more justly speaking, armory, which is but one branch of heraldry, is, without doubt, of very ancient origin. --Cussans.
... the pale of christianity. 4. District; limited territory. 5. In heraldry, an ordinary, consisting of two perpendicular lines drawn from the ... etc.; a stake. 2 a boundary or enclosed area. 3 Heraldry a vertical stripe in the middle of a shield. Phrases ... the pale outside the bounds of acceptable behaviour. in pale Heraldry arranged vertically. Etymology: ME f. OF pal f. L palus ...
Vair definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary VAIR, n. In heraldry, a kind of fur or doubling, consisting of divers little ... squirrel-fur widely used for medieval linings and trimmings. 2 Heraldry fur represented by small shield-shaped or bell-shaped figures ... dresses of kings, nobles, and prelates. It is represented in heraldry by a series of small shields placed close together, and ...