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In the foremost of this company they recognized the Prince's herald, a broad-shouldered man of gigantic stature, who boldly rode up to Banfi and his staff, and raising his escutcheoned bâton, cried—"Halt!"

From 'Midst the Wild Carpathians by J?kai, M?r

The key stones of the arches, instead of being escutcheoned, were ornamented also with clusters of diamonds in brilliant devices.

From Folk Lore Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century by Napier, James

The moving flare that ringed The escutcheoned hearse, lit every leaf distinct Along the hedges and woke the sleeping birds, But drew no watchers from the drowsier farms.

From Collected Poems Volume Two by Noyes, Alfred

Behind many of the imposing and escutcheoned frontages there was nothing but heaps of rubble; the footsteps of rare passers-by woke lonely echoes, and strips of grass outlined in parallelograms the flagstones of the roadway.

From Romance by Conrad, Joseph

Fear and cold at last benumbed the little boy, and when he woke he was being lifted from his seat and torches were flashing on a high escutcheoned doorway set in battlemented walls.

From The Valley of Decision by Wharton, Edith