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单词 nowed
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nowedadj.

Brit. /naʊd/, U.S. /naʊd/
Forms: 1500s– nowed, 1900s– knowed.
Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: nowy adj., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: Probably < now- (in nowy adj.) + -ed suffix1, after Middle French noué noué adj.
Heraldry.
Knotted; tied in a knot; esp. of a serpent displayed in the form of a horizontal figure-of-eight knot. Usually as postmodifier.
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nowed1572
noué1761
1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 42 Their tayles forked, nowed, resignante.
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xviii. 153 The field is Gules, an Adder Nowed.
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iv. iii. 195 The long strings thereof..Nowed, Buttoned, and Tasselled.
1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry i. iii. 38 An Escarbuncle of eight staves nowed and flowred Topaz.
1739 J. Reynolds Display Herauldry 9 Ednowain..bore Guls, three Snakes nowed, Azure.
1780 J. Edmondson Compl. Body Heraldry II. (Gloss.), at Per Close Is that part of the garter that is buckled or nowed.
1850 W. D. Cooper Hist. Winchelsea 152 On the point a flying dragon..without legs, tail nowed.
1866 J. E. Cussans Gram. Heraldry 32 Serpents may be nowed (twisted or knotted).
1950 C. W. Scott-Giles Boutell's Heraldry (rev. ed.) viii. 66 The lion's tail, if not in the normal position, may be extended (straight out behind it), coward (between the legs..), or nowed (in a knot).
1969 J. Franklyn & J. Tanner Encycl. Dict. Heraldry 195/1 Knowed, knotted, generally in a ‘figure of eight’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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