gumpheonn.
/ˈɡʌmfɪən/, U.S. /ˈɡəmfiən/, Scottish English /ˈɡʌmfɪən/ Scottish.
A funeral banner.
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a1725 A. Nisbet Syst. Heraldry (1742) II. iv. xiv. 151 Next followed the little gumpheon carried upright.
a1725 A. Nisbet Syst. Heraldry (1742) II. iv. xiv. 151 Then the great gumpheon or mort-head charged as afore-said.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 298 Gumphions of tarnished white crape.
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n.a1725- out of my way
- out of my your way
- out of nock
- out of nowhere
- out of number
- out of of wit or one's wit
- out of office
- out of one's beat
- out of one's bias
- out of one's bird
- out of one's book
- out of one's books
- out of one's box
- out of one's common senses
- out of one's depth
- out of one's face
- out of one's game
- out of one's gears
- out of one's gourd
- out of one's guard
- out of one's hair
- out of one's hands
- out of one's head
- out of one's hippings
- out of one's humour