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cercelly

cercelly is the obsolete spelling of sarcelly.

Meaning of sarcelly

Adjective

sarcelly (not comparable)

  1. Having its end terminate in forked tips which curl around both ways, either like or else more pronounced than moline or anchory/ancré.
    • […] ar. a bend, sarcelly, gu. betw. eight couped, ar. attired or. crosses, formée, sa.1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica, Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry: Dictionary of Arms

Questions about cercelly

What is cercelly the obsolete spelling of?
Cercelly is the obsolete spelling of sarcelly.

Words near cercelly in the dictionary

  1. cercarians
  2. cercarias
  3. cercaricidal
  4. cercariogenesis
  5. cercariometry
  6. cercelly
  7. cercellé
  8. cercellée
  9. cercelé
  10. cercelée
  11. Cerchezu

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