单词 | verry |
释义 | † verryadj.n. Obsolete. 1. Heraldry. = vairy adj. 1. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic tincture > [adjective] > variegated vairy1486 verry1486 vaired1658 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Coat-arm. b v b The threde [coat-armour] is called werry, whan the felde is made like gobolettys of dyuerse colowris. a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) II. 45 I markid yn the Wyndowes 3. sortes of Armes, one al Verry blew and white. 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 131 b The seuenth doubling, is properly called Verrey, and is on this fashion, Argent, and Azure, or els Azure and Argent. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 31v Some are borne Barrie vndee, barrye verrye, or enuecked. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie i. iv. 15 Hee beareth Verry, Or and Azure by the name of Claude de Rochford. 1655 M. Carter Anal. Honor in Honor Rediv. 11 The next is called Vayre or Verry, this being of Argent and Azure, is termed Vaire only but if any other colours, then must it be blazoned Verry of such colours. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia [Hence in Phillips, Harris, etc.] 1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Verry or Varry, (in Heraldry) a sort of Checker in the Field of a Coat of Arms. 1780 J. Edmondson Compl. Body Heraldry II. (Gloss.) Verrey, or Varry, are names given to..fur..called Vair, if it is composed of..any other tincture than argent and azure. 2. Used as n., as if the name of a material or colour. Cf. vairy adj. 2.Drayton's use may be due to confusion with vair n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric of specific colour > [noun] > multicoloured mellay1341 motley1371 marvel1543 marble1555 verry1603 mixture1682 mixed cloth1696 1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars ii. xxii. 31 A Ladyes sleeue hie-spirited Hastings wore, Ferrer his Taberd with rich verry spred. 1812 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Paradiso xvi. 100 The column, clothed with verrey [It. vajo], still was seen Unshaken. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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