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  flory

  adjective

  fleury.
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  Flory

  noun

  Paul John, 1910–85, U.S. chemist: pioneer in research on polymers; Nobel Prize 1974.

flory

¹ American  

[flawr-ee, flohr-ee] / ˈflɔr i, ˈfloʊr i /

adjective

Heraldry.

1. fleury.

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Flory ² American  

[flawr-ee, flohr-ee] / ˈflɔr i, ˈfloʊr i /

noun

1. Paul John, 1910–85, U.S. chemist: pioneer in research on polymers; Nobel Prize 1974.

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flory British  

/ ˈflɜːrɪ, ˈflʊərɪ, ˈflɔːrɪ /

adjective

1. (usually postpositive) heraldry containing a fleur-de-lys

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Etymology

Origin of flory

C15: from Old French floré , from flor _flower

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Example Sentences

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flory Flory

No. 138, the Royal Shield of Scotland, now displayed in the second quarter of the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom, is thus blazoned—Or, a lion rampt. within a double Tressure flory counterflory, gu.

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by R. B. Utting

Felton bore “Gules two lions passant within a double tressure flory silver.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

Mortimer of Norfolk bore “gold powdered with fleurs-de-lys sable” and Edward III. quartered for the old arms of France “Azure powdered with fleurs-de-lys gold,” such fields being often described as flowered or flory.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

Also, that arg. a cross flory between four crescents gules, belongs to the name of Tylly, or Tyllet, or Tillegh, of Dorsetshire.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 105, November 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

The soldiers of France attached their national emblem, the fleur-de-lis, to the ends of the members of the cross; hence the introduction of the cross flory.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous

This work was supported by NIH grants R01 HD049347 and R21 HD 087088; NSF grants BCS 1439290 and BCS 1940980; and funding from the Mabel H. Flory Trust.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 15, 2024

Being able to detect cancer earlier can enable veterinarians to provide families with more options for treatment and care, Flory says.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 1, 2023

Flory is reluctant to sound the alarm too loudly, because there are still plenty of unknowns about how drought, fire, and cogon grass will interact in the wild.

From Science Magazine ● Aug. 3, 2022

The tension, said Richard Flory, executive director of the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture, “helps us read what the future of evangelicalism in America might look like.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2022

When we’ve all finished, I break into a song by Flory Jagoda—a woman who was a champion of Sephardic music and sang in Ladino.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

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