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Definition of Embowed
1. embow [v] - See also: embow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embowed
Literary usage of Embowed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"Sa. u dolphin embowed holding in the mouth a Hole, eo. ... Bird Az. a dolphin
embowed or on a chief of the «e- cond a bird of the first collared arg. betw. ..."
2. The Diary of Henry Machyn, Citizen and Merchant-taylor of London, from A.D by Henry Machin, John Gough Nichols (1848)
"Arms, Azure, a saltire engrailed between four trefoils slipped or, on a chief of
the second three dolphins embowed of the first. (List by Wm. Smith, ..."
3. The British Herald Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility & Gentry by Thomas Robson (1830)
"Bowed embowed, or enwrapped, when the serpent is turned twice or thrice round,
... Bowed embowed, likewise implies a bowing in contrary directions, ..."
4. The British Herald Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility & Gentry ...by Thomas Robson by Thomas Robson (1830)
"Crest, an arm couped and embowed, resting the elbow on a wreath .... BLOORE, or,
three lion-goats' heads ppr. Bloore, vert, a serpent bowed, embowed, ..."
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