单词 | musion |
释义 | musionn. Heraldry. Now historical. The wild or domestic cat, as a heraldic charge. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > animals boar1297 leopardc1330 lionc1330 lionceauc1450 unicornc1450 talbot1491 porcupine?a1549 musion1572 tiger1572 lyam-hound1591 coney1598 lioncel1610 lion-leopard1612 lionel1661 marcassin1727 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 56 On a chiefe Pearle, a Musion or Catte, Gardant, Ermines. 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 56 This Beast is called a Musion for that hee is enemie to myse, and rattes. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward III. x. 263 Sable, a musion passant Or, oppressed with a trellis gules, cloué of the second. 1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 699/2 The musion was the emblem of Burgundy. 1969 J. Franklyn & J. Tanner Encycl. Dict. Heraldry 63/2 Among other obs. terms will be found ‘musion’ (the mouser; hence, domestic cat), probably abandoned on account of its being easily confused with musimon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1572 |
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