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Definition of Parti-color
1. Verb. Make motley; color with different colors.
Generic synonyms: Color, Color In, Colorise, Colorize, Colour, Colour In, Colourise, Colourize
Derivative terms: Motley
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parti-color
Literary usage of Parti-color
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. "The Beckwiths" by Paul Beckwith, Beckwith, Paul, 1848-1907 (1891)
"The crest of the family is a mower of parti-color argent and gules, said to have
been assumed as a disguise by Sir ..."
2. Protocols of Proceedings of the International Marine Conference (1890)
"But further than that, the colors which were chosen, which were the single color
for the starboard hand buoy, and the parti-color for the port hand buoy, ..."
3. Protocols of Proceedings of the International Marine Conference (1890)
"But further than that, the colors which were chosen, which were the single color
for the starboard hand buoy, and the parti-color for the port hand buoy, ..."
4. The First Book of World Law: A Compilation of the International Conventions by Raymond Landon Bridgman (1911)
"Buoys defining the port hand shall be painted a single black color, or a parti-color.
Buoys defining middle grounds shall be painted with horizontal bands. ..."