gumpheonn.
/ˈɡʌmfɪən/, U.S. /ˈɡəmfiən/, Scottish English /ˈɡʌmfɪən/ Scottish.
A funeral banner.
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a1725 A. Nisbet Syst. Heraldry (1742) II. iv. xiv. 151 Next followed the little gumpheon carried upright.
a1725 A. Nisbet Syst. Heraldry (1742) II. iv. xiv. 151 Then the great gumpheon or mort-head charged as afore-said.
1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering II. 298 Gumphions of tarnished white crape.
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n.a1725- to dare not so much as quetch
- to darken a person's daylights
- to darken a person's door
- to darken counsel
- to darken daylights
- to dash a person out of countenance
- to dash a person out of countenance conceit
- to dash a person out of countenance courage
- to dash a person'one's brains out
- to dash a person's brains out
- to dash any one's hopes
- to dash hopes
- to dash one in the teeth with
- to dash one in the teeth with something
- to dash out of countenance
- to dash out of countenance conceit
- to dash out of countenance courage
- to dash to pieces
- to dash, break, or tear into flitters
- to dash, break, or tear to flitters
- to date
- to date forward
- to dayward
- to deacon off
- to deal abroad