† entourv.
Obsolete.
1. To surround (with a halo or the like).
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)] > surround with
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1623 tr. A. Favyn Theater of Honour & Knight-hood ii. xiii. 235 Entoured with beames.
1653 A. Ross Πανσεβεια xi. 383 The Image of the Virgin Mary, entowred with a Golden Sun.
2. Heraldry. In past participle. (See quot.)In modern dictionaries.
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1847 Parker Gloss. Her. (at cited word) A shield decorated with branches, an ornament not strictly heraldic, is said by some to be entoured with them.
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