† geratev.
Heraldry. Obsolete.
transitive. To powder or strew (a coat) with minor charges.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > place charge on [verb (transitive)] > sprinkle with minor charges
gerate1562
seminate1610
1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory (1597) 37 When they may bee numbred, then it is called of old Herehaughtes geratting.
1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 207 Coates Geratted of crosses might be geratted but of these foure seuerall sorts of crosses.
1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xv. §14. 200 The charges in geratted shields are poudrées or semées—poured over their fields.
Derivatives
gerated adj. (also geratted)
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gerated1562
semée1562
seméed1572
geraty1586
1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory (1597) 37 b You shall see at this daie fields of cote Armour gerated with diuers other thinges.
gerating n. (also geratting)
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1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. B iij b Gerattyng haue .ix. bagges of cootarmuris.
1869 W. S. Ellis Antiq. Heraldry x. 224 The composite coats of Conyers and Romara are an early testimony to the practice of gerating.
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1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. B iij b His cootarmure ynyat or ellis I geratt with preciouse stonys.
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