▪ I. pean Her.
(piːn)
[Origin uncertain: identity with pane n.2 has been suggested, but evidence is lacking.]
One of the furs; represented as Sable powdered with ‘spots’ of Or.
| 1562 Leigh Armorie 121 The sixth doublyng, is called Pean, whiche is the field, Sable, and the pouders Or. 1610 J. Guillim Heraldry i. iv. 14 This is blacke powdered with yellow; and in Blazon is termed Pean. 1864 Boutell Her. Hist. & Pop. iv. (ed. 3) 20, 4 Pean: Gold spots on a black field. |
▪ II. pean, peane
obs. ff. pæan, pain; var. pein.