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• flory
  flory

  adjective

  fleury.
• Flory
  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

Example Sentences

On the walls were hung pieces of coarse linen roughly embroidered with small crosses flory, worked in dark red silk.

From Via Crucis by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

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

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 Utting, R. B.

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

Ung autre: Au mylieu dudit pr�aux a ung aubepin flory et madame la duchesse de Norefork l'a donn� a Madame.

From The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria by Tremayne, Eleanor E.