单词 | canting herald |
释义 | > as lemmascanting herald 5. Heraldry. canting arms: = allusive arms n. at allusive adj. Compounds. So canting heraldry, canting herald, canting coat. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > [adjective] > types of arms fixal1486 familiar1646 vocal arms1728 canting arms1738 1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Arms Canting Arms, are those wherein the figures bear an allusion to the name of the family. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xiv. 199 Canting heraldry . View more context for this quotation 1830 W. Scott Monastery (new ed.) II. vii. 92 A device of a punning or canting herald. 1864 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. III. 30 His descendants gave a very clever canting coat, a bridge crossing a conventional similitude of water. 1875 C. M. Yonge Cameos cxxiv, in Monthly Packet May 500 Boleyn—or Bull-en, had the canting arms of a black bull's head. < as lemmas |
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