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paly

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pal·y 1  (pl)
adj. pal·i·er, pal·i·est Archaic
Pale.
pal·y 2  (pl)
adj. Heraldry
Divided into several equal parts by perpendicular lines. Used of a field.
[Middle English, from Old French pale, from pal, stake; see pale1.]
paly [ˈpeɪlɪ]
adj
(History / Heraldry) (usually postpositive) Heraldry vertically striped
[from Old French palé, from Latin pālus stake; see pale2]


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One solitary glimmering star showed by its paly quiverings the impress of evening, while not a cloud obscured the vast firmament of heaven.
Imagination and Heart by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
, and who beareth quarterly, first, argent, a wolf ravisant carrying a lamb gules; second, purpure, three mascles argent, two and one; third, paly of twelve, gules and argent; fourth, or, on a pale endorsed, three batons fleurdelises gules; supported by four griffon's-claws jessant from the sides of the escutcheon, with the motto "En Lupus in Historia," was able to surmount these rather satirical arms with a count's coronet.
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