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nebuly

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English

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A nebuly line

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Etymology

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French nébulé.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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nebuly (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry) Edged in a deeply wavy line, intended to represent clouds.
    • 1895, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families: A Complete Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, and a Directory of Some Gentlemen of Coat-armour, and Being the First Attempt to Show which Arms in Use at the Moment are Borne by Legal Authority, page 134:
      Elizabeth Brooke, [] Argent, a cross nebuly per pale gules and sable, []
    • 1904, John Meade Falkner, The Nebuly Coat, page 14:
      'That is the coat of the Blandamers—barry nebuly of six, argent and vert.' It was the organist who stood near him in the deepening shadows.' I forgot that such jargon probably conveys no meaning to you, and, indeed, I know no heraldry myself excepting only this one coat of arms, and sometimes wish,' he said with a sigh, 'that I knew nothing of that either. [] every tavern loafer will talk to you about the "nebuly coat" as if it were a thing he wore.'

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