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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

Second, or, a lion rampant gules, within a double tressure of the same, flory and counter 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

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)

Or, a pale purpure, flory and counter flory gules.

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

These arms are a swan with his wings expanded, within a double tressure, counter, flory, argent.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

The Duke of Norfolk bears on his ‘bend argent’ ‘an escocheon or, charged with a demi-lion rampant within a double tressure, flory and counter-flory; an arrow pierced through the lion’s mouth all gules.’

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony