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单词 botony
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botonyadj.

Brit. /ˈbɒtəʊni/, U.S. /ˈbɑˌtoʊni/
Forms: 1500s–1600s botone, 1500s–1600s 2000s– botony, 1600s bottoney, 1600s bottony, 1600s butteny, 1600s 1800s– botonée, 1700s botonee, 1700s 1900s botonny, 1800s botoné.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French botoné, boutoné.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman botoné, botonee and Middle French boutoné, boutonné (late 13th cent. in Anglo-Norman in heraldry in this sense; c1200 in Old French in sense ‘covered with buds’; French boutonné ), use as adjective of the past participle (compare -y suffix5) of botoner , boutonner to cover with studs (c1160; c1300 in sense ‘to sprout, to be in bud, break into bud’) < boton , bouton bud, stud, button (see button n.).
Heraldry.
Of a cross: having arms which terminate in an ornament of three rounded knobs or buds resembling a three-lobed leaf. Chiefly as postmodifier. Cf. treflé adj., trefoiled adj. 1.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > other heraldic representations > [adjective] > having or terminating in knobs
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1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 63 He beareth Azure, a Mounde Argent, enuironed and a crosse botone Or.
1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 64v S. beareth Sable, two Delphines d'Argent..betwene sixe Crosses Botony.
1655 M. Carter Anal. Armory 26 in Honor Rediviuus The second is a Crosse bottony.
1677 R. Izacke Antiq. Exeter Catal. Sheriffs sig. P7 Guido de Bello Campo, bears Gules a Fesse between three crosses botony Or.
1717 T. Abingdon Antiq. Cathedral Church Worcester 23 Argent, a Chevron between three Crosses Croslets botonee, fiche Sable.
1765 ‘M. A. Porny’ Elements Heraldry Gloss. Botonny,..said of a Cross which terminates at each end in three Buds or Buttons.
1823 Gentleman's Mag. 93 Suppl. 586 A shield charged with a cross botoné between two leopard's heads in chief.
1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry xvi. 163 The crosslets are botonée.
1946 National Geographic Mag. July 16/2 A Greek (equal-arms) cross classified as ‘botonée’ because its arms terminate in trefoils.
2008 M. P. Cosman & L. G. Jones Handbk. Life in Medieval World I. iii. 289/1 The cross botony or treffled cross had triple buds, trefoil shapes, three-lobed, symbolizing the Trinity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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