fleury, flory, a. Her.
(ˈflʊərɪ, ˈflɔərɪ)
Also 5 flure, flourre, 5–6 flurri(e, 6 florie, 7 floury, 8 flore, florey, (flowery), 9 fleurie, flury, flurry.
[ad. F. fleuré, -ée, OF. floré, flouré, f. fleur.]
Decorated with fleurs-de-lis; esp. of a cross: Having its arms tipped with fleurs-de-lis. (Cf. also counterfleury, -flory.)
| c 1420 Anturs of Arth. xxxi, A tablet flourré [Douce MS. flure]. 1483 Cath. Angl. 136 Flory, florulentus. 1486 Bk. St. Albans, Her. C vij b, Hit is calde a cros flurri. 1572 J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 33 These Barrulettes are often founde Florie. 1612 Drayton Poly-olb. iv. Notes 69 Bearing..a Scepter fleury in his right. 1706 Hearne Collect. 9 May, On y⊇ other a Cross Flore. 1761 Brit. Mag. II. 251 A bordure, or, charged within a double tressure fleury. 1823 Rutter Fonthill p. xxi, The Royal double tressure of Scotland, flory and counter flory of the first [gules]. 1864 Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. xv. §1 (ed. 3) 182 The crosslets are drawn fleurie. |