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▪ I. grady, a. Her.|ˈgreɪdɪ| [app. f. grade after heraldic adjs. in -y, ad. F. -é, -ée.] Of a line or ordinary: Cut into steps. Of a cross: Springing from steps; degraded.
1828–40Berry Encycl. Her. I, Grady, represents steps or degrees, and one battlement upon another, sometimes termed battled, embattled, and grady embattled. Ibid. s.v. Cross, Cross grady, fixed to, or on steps or degrees. 1894Parker's Gloss. Her. 223 Battle embattled, or battled grady, is a name given to a figure having, as it were, an extra battlement, but, as usual for these fanciful names, no examples are given. ▪ II. grady obs. form of greedy. |