† vermen.
Heraldry. Obsolete.
An alleged fish of the Ganges, able to seize and destroy elephants. Bossewell elsewhere ( ii. 66) has the form vermante, probably an error for verme hariante by accidental omission of letters.
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1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie iii. f. 25v H. hathe to hys Creste, a Verme hariante propre, subsigned aboute the tayle with a scrowe.
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