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scutcheon [ˈskʌtʃən] n
1. (History / Heraldry) a variant of escutcheon 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) any rounded or shield-shaped structure, esp a scute scutcheonless adj scutcheon-like adj ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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But the cherubs painted on the scutcheon answered as well for her as for Sir Pitt's mother, and Resurgam was written under the coat, flanked by the Crawley Dove and Serpent. When Freddy paid a visit to Earlscourt (which he never did when he could possibly help it) to make the desolating announcement that he and his Eliza were thinking of blackening the Largelady scutcheon by opening a shop, he found the little household already convulsed by a prior announcement from Clara that she also was going to work in an old furniture shop in Dover Street, which had been started by a fellow Wellsian. The argent shields, the host with scutcheons white. |
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