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A field or charge in which two tinctures are separated in some other way than by one simple partition and thus appear to be intermingled; a field…
In plural. Roman History. Gifts, such as sweets and perfumes, thrown by Roman emperors to crowds as largesse. Obsolete.
Heraldry. (See quot. 1766.)