† counter-bendyadj.
Obsolete. Heraldry.
Bendy, with the bends formed of two halves of different tinctures counterchanged.
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1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Counter-bendy, or Contre-band, in Heraldry, is used by the French to express what we more ordinarily call Bendy of Six per Bend sinister counterchang'd.
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adj.1728- to set a face on
- to set a face on something
- to set a field
- to set a fire
- to set a fire in, on, upon, of, now only to
- to set a fire under
- to set a footing
- to set a gloss upon
- to set a good example
- to set a good face on
- to set a great price, rate, store upon
- to set a hatch before the door
- to set a little price, rate, store upon
- to set a match in
- to set a match to
- to set a match under
- to set a nonplus on
- to set a on broach
- to set a period to
- to set a person against
- to set a person apart from the crowd
- to set a person at light
- to set a person back on her heels
- to set a person back on his heels
- to set a person by the heels