counter-floweredadj.
Heraldry.
= counterfleury adj.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of vegetation > [adjective] > having flowers
counterfleury1572
fleuronée1614
counterfleurty1634
flurred1655
counter-flowered?a1700
counter-flowery1787
?a1700 Montgomeries in Evans O.B. (1784) I. ix. 48 In heralds books your ensigns flower'd, And counter-flower'd.
1708 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. ii. ii. 53 Within a double Tressure, counter-flowered Lys.
1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Contre-bend Counter-quartered, is when one of the quarters is quartered again: hence also counter-flowered, counter-coloured, &c.
1830 T. Robson Brit. Herald III. Gloss. Counter-flowered or -flurty, same as counter-fleury or -flory, and sometimes called -floretty.
Derivatives
counter-ˈflowery n.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of vegetation > [adjective] > having flowers
counterfleury1572
fleuronée1614
counterfleurty1634
flurred1655
counter-flowered?a1700
counter-flowery1787
1787 in M. A. Porny Elem. Heraldry Gloss.
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