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Heraldry. A faintly outlined figure; = adumbration, n. 4.
Heraldry. An outline of a charge, either left unfilled or shaded a darker tone than the field. Also in in adumbration: (of a charge) depicted in…
Heraldry. An outline figure, or the shadow of a charge, without the charge itself, painted the same colour as the field, but of a darker tint: = a…