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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

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

"On a field azure, for the faith he keeps, gild him the cross flory of Aquitaine—for me!"

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

So Gilbert Warde was made a knight, and to this day the Wards bear the cross flory in their shield, which was given to their forefathers by Eleanor of Aquitaine before she was English Queen.

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

Vellum: one skin 16 � 12, two round seals of yellow wax, each 1½ inches in diameter and bearing a cross flory, probably not armorial.

From Sheffield and its Environs 13th to the 17th century A descriptive catalogue of land charters and other documents forming the Brooke Taylor collection by Hall, Thomas Walter

Mortimer of Norfolk bore “gold powdered with fleurs-de-lys sable” and Edward III. quartered for the old arms of France “Azure powdered with fleurs-de-lys gold,” such fields being often described as flowered or flory.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various