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Definition of Gemels
1. gemel [n] - See also: gemel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gemels
Literary usage of Gemels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry by Henry Gough, James Parker (1894)
"But two bars-gemels are not always distinguishable from four bars, ... nor four
bars-gemels from eight. For the odd number the term ..."
2. A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries by John Woodward (1896)
"11), Ermine, two bars- gemels gules (sometimes sable). As in the case of the
bend, hereafter referred to, the fess is often ..."
3. Display of Heraldry by William Newton (1846)
"Bars are sometimes borne- in pairs, which are then called gemels, that is, ...
Argent, three bars gemels gules, appertains to the noble family of Barry, ..."
4. A Survey of Staffordshire: Containing the Antiquities of that County by Sampson Erdeswicke, Thomas Harwood (1820)
"... and so continued the use thereof until Harvy Bagot married Milli- sent, the
heir of the house ; which Harvy Bagot bare, Argent, two gemels Or, ..."
5. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1880)
"Jocelyne Badlesmere—d'argent, vue fees et ij. gemels de goules. 53. Wautier de
Wigton—de sable, ... a iij. gemels de sablée. 67. ..."
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