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† gerate, v. Her. Obs.
Also 5–6 ger(r)at(t.
[Of unknown origin.]
trans. To powder or strew (a coat) with minor charges. Hence gerat(t)ed, † i-geratt ppl. adjs.; gerat(t)ing vbl. n.
1486Bk. St. Albans, Her. B iij b, His cootarmure ynyat or ellis I geratt with preciouse stonys. Ibid. B iij b, Gerattyng haue .ix. bagges of cootarmuris. 1562Leigh Armorie (1597) 37 When they may bee numbred, then it is called of old Herehaughtes geratting. Ibid. 37 b, You shall see at this daie fields of cote Armour gerated with diuers other thinges. 1586J. Ferne Blaz. Gentrie 207 Coates Geratted of crosses might be geratted but of these foure seuerall sorts of crosses. 1864Boutell Her. Hist. & Pop. xv. §14 (ed. 3) 200 The charges in geratted shields are poudrées or semées—poured over their fields. 1869W. S. Ellis Antiq. Her. x. 224 The composite coats of Conyers and Romara are an early testimony to the practice of gerating. |