单词 | pertingent |
释义 | pertingentn.adj. rare. Heraldry. On a coat of arms: a line which passes from top to bottom, without crossing the centre or touching any corner of the shield. Esp. in entire pertingent. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > lines or edges > [noun] engrailing1486 indenting1486 champain1562 purfle1562 pertingent1610 pertransient1610 purfling1610 welt1688 embattling1753 fesse-line1775 1610 E. Bolton Elements of Armories sig. O1 v Entire, or whole Pertingents..runne the longest way of their position. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words (at cited word) Entire pertingents, are lines that run the longest way of the sheilds position, without touching the Center. B. adj. ΚΠ 1610 E. Bolton Elements of Armories sig. Q 4 v Lines..were eyther Pertransient in the nature of diameters..or else Pertingent. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words (at cited word) Pertingent lines in Heraldry, vide Entire. 2. Reaching to; touching; contingent. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [adjective] > contiguous > reaching so as to touch pertingent1656 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Pertingent, extending, reaching or joyning near unto. 1926 H. Guthrie-Smith Tutira 11 Shell-species closely connected..with those now existing in the pertingent seas. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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