单词 | raguly |
释义 | ragulyadj. Heraldry. Of a cross, staff, or other charge: having short, oblique projections like sawn-off branches. Of a division between parts of a field: having alternate projections and depressions like a battlement, but set obliquely. Usually as postmodifier. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [adjective] > having irregular indentation ragged1397 raguled1572 raguly1660 1660 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 4) ii. vii. 83 He beareth Ermine, a Crosse, Raguly, Gules. 1725 New Dict. Heraldry 305 Which ancient use of the Saltire, Mackenzy thinks might occasion so many of them to be made raguly. 1780 Encycl. Brit. V. 3585/1 Lines may be either straight or crooked... There are 14 distinct kinds... 6. The raguly. 1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) xvii. 262 Staff ragulée sable. 1872 H. T. Ellacombe Bells of Church vii. 366 A crucifix attached to a cross raguly. 1937 Times 20 Apr. 17/6 May we assume, then, that the flag of the Basque army is white, bearing a green saltire raguly? 1967 Antiquaries Jrnl. 47 215 A kind of ragged or raguly cross was drawn by the miniaturist. 1988 T. Woodcock & J. M. Robinson Oxf. Guide Heraldry iv. 57 Examples of lines of partition that have been used for some centuries are wavy, engrailed,..and raguly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1660 |
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