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    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.


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.


flory British  
/ ˈflɜːrɪ, ˈflʊərɪ, ˈflɔːrɪ /

adjective

  1. (usually postpositive) heraldry containing a fleur-de-lys

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of flory

C15: from Old French floré , from flor flower

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On the walls were hung pieces of coarse linen roughly embroidered with small crosses flory, worked in dark red silk.

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

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

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

"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

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

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

“This is the community that Biola should be trying to hold onto,” USC’s Flory said.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 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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