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verdoy

verdoy adjective: charged with leaves, fruits, flowers, etc.; said of a border.

Adjective

verdoy (not comparable)

  1. Charged with leaves, fruits, flowers, etc.; said of a border.
    • Gules a Bordure Argent charged with Verdoy of Trefoils slipped proper, that is Vert.1693, Richard Blome, The Art of Heraldry, in two parts ... the second edition, page 21
    • SCOTT of Hedderwick, a younger son of Scott of Logie, argent, a fesse crenellé, between three lions' heads erased, gules; within a bordure of the last, verdoy of six flower-de-luces of the first.1804, Alexander Nisbet, A system of heraldry, speculative and practical, page 172

Origin of verdoy

French verdoyer (“to become green”). See verdant.

Questions about verdoy

What does verdoy mean?
Verdoy means charged with leaves, fruits, flowers, etc.; said of a border.
What part of speech is verdoy?
Verdoy is an adjective.

Words near verdoy in the dictionary

  1. Verdones
  2. Verdons
  3. verdoperoxidase
  4. verdoperoxidases
  5. verdour
  6. verdoy
  7. Verdu
  8. verdugada
  9. verdugadas
  10. verdugado
  11. verdugados

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