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Webster 1913 Edition
Crined
Crined
(krīnd)
, Adj.
[L.
crinis
hair.] (Her.)
Having the hair of a different tincture from the rest of the body;
as, a charge
. crined
of a red tinctureDefinition 2024
crined
crined
English
Adjective
crined (comparative more crined, superlative most crined)
- (heraldry) Having hair or a mane of a specified tincture, different from that of the body.
- 1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire:
- a crested bird called in Zemblan sampel (‘silktail’), closely resembling a waxwing in shape and shade, is the model of one of the three heraldic creatures (the other two being a reindeer proper and a merman azure, crined or) in the armorial bearings of the Zemblan King, Charles the Beloved
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