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Webster 1913 Edition

Gules

Gules

(gūlz)
,
Noun.
[OE.
goules
, F.
gueules
, the same word as
gueule
throat, OF.
gole
,
goule
, L.
gula
. So named from the red color of the throat. See
Gullet
, and cf.
Gula
.]
(Her.)
The tincture red, indicated in seals and engraved figures of escutcheons by parallel vertical lines. Hence, used poetically for a red color or that which is red.
His sev’n-fold targe a field of
gules
did stain
In which two swords he bore; his word,
“Divide and reign.”
P. Fletcher.
Follow thy drum;
With man's blood paint the ground;
gules
,
gules
.
Shakespeare
Let's march to rest and set in
gules
, like suns.
Beau. & Fl.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gules

GULES

,
Noun.
In heraldry, a term denoting red, intended perhaps to represent courage, animation or hardihood.

Definition 2025

gulēs

gulēs

See also: gules

Latvian

Verb

gulēs

  1. 3rd person singular future indicative form of gulēt
  2. 3rd person plural future indicative form of gulēt

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