1555–65; < Anglo-French *moliné, equivalent to molin mill 1 + -é < Latin -ātus -ate 1
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In Burke's General Armory they are given: "Or, a cross moline gu., a chief dig."
From Notes and Queries, Number 234, April 22, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
The Baskerville arms—Ar. a chevron gu. between three hurts, impaling, quarterly, one and four, or, a cross moline az, two and three, gu. a chevron ar. between three mallets or—are painted on the panels.
From Notes and Queries, Number 231, April 1, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Bell, George
The Cross Moline, represented charged upon the Shield attributed to the Saxon Kings of England, No. 23: this 56 same shield—Az., a Cross moline or, is borne by De Molines or Molyneux, No. 97.
From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.
The "cross moline" is so named from resemblance to the moline, or crossed iron, in the center of the upper millstone.
From The Worship of the Church and The Beauty of Holiness by Regester, J. A. (Jacob Asbury)
Close behind us is the moline cross of the gallant William Molyneux, and beside it the bloody chevrons of the Norfork Woodhouses, with the amulets of the Musgraves of Westmoreland.
From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
I was en route to the airport in Moline, Ill., nearly three decades ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
That marriage dissolved after she accused Moline of stealing thousands of dollars from her private bank accounts, an ordeal chronicled in the stand-up comic’s subsequent act.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2023
Since then, Dempsey has already been able to see a medical provider at a clinic in Moline that caters to the LGBTQ+ community — and has gotten a new prescription for hormone therapy.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2023
Rabbi Jack Moline, then-president of Interfaith Alliance, argued at the time that the inaction was an “excuse for a lot of issues that have nothing to do with suitability for the position.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
We happened to meet a farmer by the name of Peterson, with whom we rode to a place near Moline, where my father tended to me during my illness.
From Reminiscences The Story of an Emigrant by Mattson, Hans
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