flory
adjective
flory
1 American
[flawr-ee, flohr-ee]
/ ˈflɔr i, ˈfloʊr i /
adjective
Heraldry.
Flory
2
American
[flawr-ee, flohr-ee]
/ ˈflɔr i, ˈfloʊr i /
noun
flory
British
/ ˈflɜːrɪ, ˈflʊərɪ, ˈflɔːrɪ /
adjective
Etymology
Origin of flory
C15: from Old French floré , from flor flower
Example Sentences
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Argent, a double tressure, 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
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
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
"On a field azure, for the faith he keeps, gild him the cross flory of Aquitaine—for me!"
From Via Crucis by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
These arms are a swan with his wings expanded, within a double tressure, counter, flory, argent.
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
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
“We are glad to be here,” said Mr. Flory, 31, who plans to spend time with his brother in New Jersey and visit Christmas sites in Manhattan.
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2022
And in the dry, grassy plots, the combination of shorter trees and higher flames proved “highly problematic,” Flory says, with nearly half of the trees dying within 1 month of being burned.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 3, 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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