urdy

Definitions

Adjective. [B1]

Examples

“He bears as arms the lion of St. Mark⟳, sejant-guardant, crowned and winged, bearing in the dexter jambe a closed book surmounted by a cross urdy.”

“As to the term urdy, which is given in Woodward and Burnett and also in Berry , I can only say⟳ I personally have⟳ never come⟳ across I an instance of its use⟳ as a partition line. A cross or a billet urdy one knows, but urdy as a partition line I have⟳ yet to find⟳.”

“Order⟳ For Services, first class (star) same silver centre roundel but without the gold cross urdy. The star of the Order⟳ is an eight-pointed star of plain gold rays with an eight-pointed silver centre bearing a light⟳ blue[…]”

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