单词 | vairy |
释义 | vairyadj.n. 1. a. Heraldry. Of a coat, charge, etc.: Varied or variegated with two or more colours; having divisions and tinctures like those of vair.Some writers have drawn a distinction between vair and vairy, using the latter when tinctures other than argent and azure are blazoned. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic tincture > [adjective] > variegated vairy1486 verry1486 vaired1658 α. β. 1706 London Gaz. No. 4217/4 The second Vary, a Canton.1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. V. 235 The arms of Oettingen are vairy ruby and a shield saphire.1866 J. E. Cussans Gram. Heraldry 12 If the field were or, and the bells gules, it would be blazoned as vairy, or, and gules.1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. B iv b Thre cootarmuris be ther called restryall in armys. Oon is whan a cootarmure is varri of dyuerse colowris to the poynt. 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 52 b A playne crosse, varrye. 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory 131 b The eight doubling is Varry, and is so properly called, although it be Or, and Vert, or els Vert and Or. 1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 97 A patie crosse of red in gold he bare On which fiue losinges varrey placed are. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie i. iv. 15 As for the rest, viz. Verry and Varrye, they are meere fantasies and improper termes. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. vi. 321 Tavestock in Devon shire gave Varrey Or and Azure, on a Chiefe Or, two Mulletts, Gules. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Varry..signifies that which is diversified with argent and azure. c1828 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. Gloss. Varrey in point. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic tincture > [noun] > fur > rows of blue and white bells or cups > specific vairy-cuppy1610 vair-en-pal1766 vair cuppa or tassyc1828 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie i. iv. 15 This sort of furre or doubling, was..of some old Heralds called varry cuppy and varry tassa. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Vairy Coppy, or Potent Counter-Potent, is a Bearing in Heraldry. 1766 ‘M. A. Porny’ Elem. Heraldry ii. §ii. 27 Potent-counter-potent, anciently called Vairy-cuppy, is when the Field is filled with Crutches or Potents counter-placed. 2. Furred with vair. Also used as if the name of a material. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [adjective] > fur or wool erminedc1485 sheep-furred1597 vairy1728 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from fur > [noun] Angora1763 vairy1861 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Vairy Gowns are observed by Julius Pollux to have been the Habit of the antient Gauls, as Ermins were of the Armenians. 1861 W. H. Ainsworth Constable of Tower (1862) 187 Wrapped in cerecloth of many folds, and in an outer cover of cloth of vairy and velvet,..the corpse was laid out. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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