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pommetty, a. Her.|ˈpɒmətɪ| Also 7 -etie, 8 -etée. [a. F. pommetté, f. pommette, dim. of pomme apple.] Terminating in a knob or knobs, as the arms of a cross. So † ˈpommeture, Obs. [a. obs. F. pommeture], the condition of being pommetty.
1611Cotgr., Pommetté, ée, pommetie;..Pommeture, pommeture; or the being Pommetie. 1709Hearne Collect. 6 Nov. (O.H.S.) II. 302 Three Crosses pometées. 1766–87Porny Her. (ed. 4) Dict., Pommetty, this is said of a cross, whose extremities terminate with a button or knob at each end, like an apple. |