单词 | alerion |
释义 | alerionn.ΚΠ a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 68 Beleve is by ensaumple comparable to [a] byrde callid alerion or a merlion, which hath no feete to go on the grounde, but all hir movyng is on hir wynges. 1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 181 Geffray of Boullion..at one draught of his bowe..broched three feetlesse birds called Allerions vpon his arrow. 2. Heraldry. A representation of a bird, esp. an eagle, with neither feet nor beak. Cf. merlette n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > heraldic birds eaglec1380 swana1400 phoenix?a1425 pelicana1430 ravena1450 merlette1451 popinjayc1460 eagletc1494 merliona1500 martletc1519 merlion?a1549 spread eagle1550 meropie1572 spread eaglet1602 alerion1625 liver1668 shoveller1780 eagle in her majesty?1828 double eagle1861 hirondelle1880 pelican in her piety1885 1625 P. Heylyn Μικρόκοσμος (rev. ed.) 128 Bara saith that the Bend is charged..with three Allerions, or Allelyons, which are in blazon, small birds wanting beak, feet and legges. 1694 J. Beaumont Present State of Universe 17 The Dukal and Sovereign House of Lorain contains many Escutcheons, over all Or, a Bend Gules, charged with three Alerions Argent. 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 5) Allerions (in Heraldry) are small birds painted without beak or feet, like the martlet or martinet. Others say they are like eagles without beak or feet. 1793 J. Dallaway Inq. Origin & Progress Sci. Heraldry vii. 423 Of the Martlet or Alerion, the original introduction is involved in some obscurity. 1846 W. Newton Display of Heraldry xxvii. 213 Allerions are always represented..without beaks or legs. 1862 H. B. Wheatley Anagrams 92 The House of Lorraine took for their arms, an alerion (a small eagle, with neither beak nor claws), from the word alerion being a transposition of Loraine. 1904 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 81/1 A fabulous bird called an allerion,..is borne by the family of Montmorenoy. 1950 C. W. Scott-Giles Boutell's Heraldry (1966) viii. 76 An eagle displayed is sometimes blazoned as an alerion. 2000 J. Minahan One Europe, Many Nations 37 The arms of Lorraine, a gold field with a red band charged with three silver alerions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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