viure
viure noun: a thin ribbon crossing the field in any direction.
Noun
viure (plural viures)
- A thin ribbon crossing the field in any direction.
- Viure, Wiure, or Wyer. These terms, according to several authorities, signify a very narrow fillet, generally nebuly, which may be placed in bend, in fess, or otherwise. We can point to but one instance of such a bearing, viz. the arms of Haidon, or Haydon, of Devon: argent , three bars gemels...1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 320
- […] how are the viures to be tricked?1863, John Gough Nichols, The Herald and Genealogist, page 91
Forms of viure
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Origin of viure
A form of wire.
Questions about viure
- What does viure mean?
- Viure means a thin ribbon crossing the field in any direction.
- What part of speech is viure?
- Viure is a noun.
- What is the plural of viure?
- The plural of viure is viures.
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