单词 | paleways |
释义 | palewaysadj.adv. Heraldry. A. adj. = paly adj.1 1. Now rare.Quot. 1782 (also alluded to in quot. 1856) represents the original description of the shield forming part of the Great Seal of the United States of America. In heraldic terms, this is strictly not ‘paly’ (which refers only to even numbers of stripes) and should be blazoned ‘argent six pallets gules’, but this would obscure the symbolic reference to the thirteen original States of the Union. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [adjective] > divided in two > into vertical bands palyc1460 paled?1474 paleways1610 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie v. ii. 243 To these will I adde..an Italian Coat of rare vse, viz. Palewaies of six Argent and Gules, on a Chiefe as the Field is many Cressants. 1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry 10 Palewayes, consisting of equal numbers of divisions downwards. 1722 A. Nisbet Syst. Heraldry I. 39 Pally of eight Pieces, (others say, Eight Pieces Pale-ways) Or and Gules. 1782 Jrnls. Continental Congr. (U.S.) 7 20 June 395 Paleways of thirteen pieces, argent and gules; a chief azure; the escutcheon on the breast of the American eagle displayed proper. 1856 Harper's Mag. July 184/2 Paleways means perpendicular bars, like a picket-fence; argent and gules mean white and red. B. adv. = palewise adv. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [adverb] > palewise palewise?a1549 palewaysa1661 pale-way1705 a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) 274 Ed Seimor..[of] Bury-Castle..[arms] Gules, 2 Angels-wings pale-wayes inverted, Or. 1691 A. Wood Fasti Oxoniensis in Athenæ Oxonienses I. 646 And hath behind it, paleways [1721 palewise], an Abbats Crosier. 1769 New Peerage I. 270 Two demi garters paleways, argent. 1927 C. K. Bolton Amer. Armory 44 In chief 6 billets paleways and in base 5 billets bendways. 1999 Times 23 June 17/3 A hand couped fessways, holding a dagger paleways. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1610 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。