nowed, a. Her.
[f. F. noué (see nowy a.) + -ed1.]
Knotted; tied in a knot.
| 1572 J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 42 Their tayles forked, nowed, resignante. 1610 J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xviii. (1611) 153 The field is Gules, an Adder Nowed. Ibid. iv. iii. 195 The long strings thereof..Nowed, buttoned, and tasselled. 1661 Morgan Sph. Gentry i. iii. 38 An Escarbuncle of eight staves nowed and flowred Topaz. 1739 J. Reynolds Her. 9 Ednowain..bore Guls, three Snakes nowed, Azure. 1780 Edmondson Heraldry II. Gloss. s.v. Per close, Is that part of the garter that is buckled or nowed. 1850 W. D. Cooper Hist. Winchelsea 152 On the point a flying dragon..without legs, tail nowed. 1868 Cussans Her. (1893) 97 Serpents may be Nowed, twisted or knotted. |