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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 tincture
.

Definition 2024


crined

crined

English

Adjective

crined (comparative more crined, superlative most crined)

  1. (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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