单词 | nowy |
释义 | nowyadj. Heraldry. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > other heraldic representations > [adjective] > knotted nowyc1494 nowed1572 noué1761 c1494 tr. Deidis of Armorie (Harl.) (1994) 16 And gif ȝe will wit quhat is noe, Luk þe tail of þe lioun of þe armes of Lembough. 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 100 He beareth a Serpent nowey. 2. Of a line of partition across a shield: having a semicircular upwards or convex projection in the centre. Of a cross or other ordinary: having a circular projection at the point where the arms meet.Frequently as postmodifier. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [adjective] > having small semicircular projection nowy1562 nowyed1885 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory (1597) 35 Hee beareth Geules a Crosse nowye degraded fitche Argent. 1780 J. Edmondson Compl. Body Heraldry II. (Gloss.) Cross Nowy. See Plate III. Fig. 71. 1866 J. E. Cussans Gram. Heraldry 8 The partition lines dividing a shield..may assume any of the following forms:—Engrailed..Invected..Nowy. 1869 J. E. Cussans Handbk. Heraldry (rev. ed.) iv. 60 The Cross Nowy has the angles formed by the conjunction of its limbs rounded outwards... All the varieties of the Cross may be Nowy or Quadrate. 1969 J. Franklyn & J. Tanner Encycl. Dict. Heraldry 242/2 Nowy, a. r[ight] line of partition, fesswise, and rising in the centre in a semicircle of a diameter of one-third the width of the shield. Compounds nowy quadrate adj. (of a cross) having a square at the point where the arms meet. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > cross > [noun] > quadrate cross nowy quadrate1869 1869 J. E. Cussans Handbk. Heraldry (rev. ed.) iv. 60 The Cross Quadrate, or Nowy-Quadrate, has its centre square instead of round. 1894 H. Gough & J. Parker Gloss. Terms Heraldry (new ed.) Cross, Nowy quadrate..is applied when the projections appear to form a square. 1969 J. Franklyn & J. Tanner Encycl. Dict. Heraldry 242/2 Nowy-quadrate, often employed in blazoning a cross of any kind when quadrate. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [adjective] > having small semicircular projection nowy1562 nowyed1885 1885 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. V. i Nowyed a., a term applied to a projection not in the centre of a cross but in one of its branches. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1494 |
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