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‖ fleuron|flœrɔ̃|
Also 4 floroun.
[a. F. fleuron, OF. floron, f. fleur flower.]
1. A flower-shaped ornament, used esp. in architecture or printing, on coins, etc.
c1385Chaucer L.G.W. Prol. 220 So were the florouns of her coroun whyte. c1660Bp. Cosin in C. Walker Ritual Reason Why 43 note, In some MS. ‘directions to the printer’..he [Bp. Cosin] inserted after the Absolution ‘Here set a fleuron’. 1830E. Hawkins Anglo-Fr. Coinage 73 Crown of eight lilies and four fleurons. 1833Ellis Elgin Marb. II. 169 The front is enriched with a fleuron. 1882Yule in Encycl. Brit. XIV. 498 These latter [coins] bore (obverse) a Nepalese emblem surrounded by eight fleurons containing the eight sacred Buddhist jewels.
2. (See quot.)
1724–1800Bailey, Fleurons [in Cookery], fine Tarts or Puffs of Pastry Work for Garnishing. 1823in Crabb.
†3. = floret. Obs. rare—1.
1727Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Butter-Burr, The Flower..forms a Tuft with several Fleurons cut or divided into long Strings. |