Lexicographical Neighbors of Debruising
Literary usage of Debruising
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lives of the Lindsays: Or, A Memoir of the Houses of Crawford and Balcarres by Alexander Crawford Lindsay Crawford (1849)
"Arms.—The Crawford coat, with the ribbon, sable, of Abernethy, debruising the
whole shield, for difference. Crest:—A mailed hand supporting on a dagger's ..."
2. A Tribute of Love and Gratitude to Our Faithful Teacher, Augusta E. Stetson (1921)
"... page 322, we find this definition: Marks of dishonour invented by certain
writers and intended to be used in debruising coats by arms. ..."
3. J. Winfred Spenceley, His Etchings and Engravings in the Form of Book Plates by Joseph Manuel Andreini (1910)
"A—Argent, between two pallets wavy azure and debruising them in fesse, a
cross-quadrate gules, thereon seven mas- cles conjoined, 3, 3 and i, or. ..."
4. The British Herald Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility & Gentry by Thomas Robson (1830)
"... with the head, that is, the serpent is twice or thrice rounded in a contrary
direction to the last ; the head debruising the folds, ..."
5. A Grammar of British Heraldry, Consisting of Blazon and Marshalling ; with by William Sloane Sloane-Evans (1854)
"These Ordinaries are often found mixed with each other, the one sometimes debruising
and surmounting the other. In such cases, great care is requisite in ..."
6. A History of the Vyne in Hampshire: Being a Short Account of the Building by Chaloner William Chute (1888)
"The seal of Sir Fulke de Cowdray, on which the arms of the family (gules, 10
billets 4, 3, 2, and 1, or) are engraved, debruising a two-headed eagle ..."
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