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ermined, ppl. a.|ˈɜːmɪnd|
[f. as prec. + -ed2.]
†1. Having white feathers spotted with black.
1486Bk. St. Albans A viij b, Bot and a sparehawke be so Ermyned vppon the brayles.
¶ Perh. the designation almond tumbler is a corruption of this: see quot. below.
1735J. Moore Columbarium 39 There is a Mixture of three Colours, vulgarly call'd an Almond, perhaps from the Quantity of Almond-coloured Feathers that are found in the Hackle: Others call it an Ermine, I suppose from the black Spots that are generally in it.
2. Lined or trimmed with ermine; made to resemble ermine.
c1485Digby Myst., Mor. Wisd. i. (1882) 139 heading, With a mantyll..ermyned within. 1814Hist. Univ. Oxf. II. 261 The ermined hood..is the peculiar badge of the Proctor's office. 1842Barham Ingol. Leg., Auto-da-fé, He wipes his eyes with his ermined sleeve. 18..Longfellow Renouveau i, Now Time throws off his cloak again of ermined frost.
fig.1715M. Davies Ath. Brit. I. 185 The collateral scenes of those Dialogues are freez'd or ermin'd sideward.
3. Robed in ermine; advanced to the dignity of wearing ermine, i.e. made a judge or a peer.
1735Pope Ep. Lady 7 Arcadia's countess, here, in ermined pride. 1777W. Whitehead Goat's Beard (R.), Regal robe, Which rules, in ermin'd state the globe. 1837Lockhart Scott (1839) V. 47 Certain ermined sages of his own acquaintance. 1857Whittier Lines Poet. Wks. (1882) 201 Give ermined knaves their hour of crime. 1869Globe 13 Nov. 4 The ten newly ermined members of the Liberal party.
fig.c1749W. G. Hamilton in Parl. Logick (1808) 204 Thy balm-distilling sweets alone To ermin'd Innocence are known.
4. ? = ermine 5 a (Her.) or 5 b.
1823Rutter Fonthill 50 The ermined cinque-foil upon a crimson ground. |