单词 | union arms |
释义 | > as lemmasUnion arms a. In sense 3b, with the sense ‘of, belonging to, or supporting the union between England and Scotland, or between Britain and Ireland’, as Union arms, Union colours, Union parliament, etc.Recorded earliest in Union flag n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > [noun] > armorial bearings or coat of arms > union arms of Britain Union arms1634 society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > flag > Union Jack Union colours1634 Union flag1634 Union Jack1674 union1720 red, white, and blue1855 society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > union of English and Scottish parliaments union1604 Union parliament1771 1634 in R. Sanderson Rymer's Fœdera (1732) XIX. 549/1 None shall from henceforth presume to carry the Union Flag in the main Top or other part of their Ships. 1690 J. Lowther et al. Let. 27 Dec. in Mariner′s Mirror (1911) 1 59 Some distinction Pendants to be worne by the said Commander-in-Chiefe made with the Union Cross in the place where other distinction pendants have only St. George′s Crosse. 1707 London Gaz. No. 4374/1 On Two opposite Corners were the Union Arms. 1707 London Gaz. No. 4374/1 The Norton Galley hoisted the Union Colours. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 234 During the sitting of the union-parliament [at Edinburgh in 1707]. 1811 Gen. Regulations & Orders Army 13 The first Standard, Guidon, or Colour of Regiments, which is the Union Colour. 1832 J. G. Lockhart Noctes Ambrosianae in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 714 We shall ere long see some out-and-outer union-man replace even on the Woolsack your illustrious friend. a1916 A. Robertson Life Sir Robert Moray (1922) vii. 143 The Union Commissioners met, and Sir Robert was chosen as one of the Scottish representatives. 2013 Scotsman (Nexis) 11 Mar. 5 (heading) Doctor hits out at Union campaign's scare tactics. < as lemmas |
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