单词 | verdoy |
释义 | verdoyn.adj. = verdure n. 3. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > [noun] > tapestry > ornamented with trees or vegetation verdour1480 verder1500 verdure1513 verder1522 verdoy1542 verderer1581 1542 in J. W. Clay Testamenta Eboracensia (1902) VI. 166 Item v peces of verdoyes for hanginges. B. adj. Heraldry. Of a bordure: (see quots. 1562, 1610). ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of vegetation > [adjective] verdoy1562 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 190 b The sixte [emborduring] is called Verdoye, as when it is occupied with frewtes, leaues, or slippes. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie i. v. 20 This terme Verdoy is appropried to all Bordures charged with leaues, flowers, fruits, and other the like vegetables. [Hence in Phillips (1658), and in later Dicts.] 1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry ii. vi. 62 Sable, a bordure or, charged with Verdoy of Trefoiles sliped to the number of eight. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Bordure If a Bordure be charg'd with any Parts of Plants or Flowers, they say Verdoy of Trefoils, or whatever Flower it be. 1869 J. E. Cussans Handbk. Heraldry (rev. ed.) iv. 66 Armorists formerly used several distinctive terms in blazoning a..Bordure,..Verdoy, with Plants or Flowers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † verdoyv. Obsolete. rare. intransitive. To become green. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > making or becoming green > become green [verb (intransitive)] verdoy1480 1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses x. i A grene medowe full of herbes verdoying or wexyng grene. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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