- Quadrate (heraldry)
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heraldry , quadrate means having a square (in the vernacular sense) protusion in the middle of the ordinary in question.
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Quadrate — may refer to:* Quadrate bone * Quadrate (heraldry) … Wikipedia
quadrate — adj., n. /kwod rit, rayt/; v. /kwod rayt/, adj., n., v., quadrated, quadrating. adj. 1. square or rectangular. 2. Zool. of or pertaining to the quadrate. 3. Heraldry. (of a cross) having an enlarged square at the junction of the limbs: a cross… … Universalium
Cross — For information on the Christian symbol, see Christian cross. For other uses, see Cross (disambiguation). A Greek cross (all arms of equal length) above a saltire, a cross whose limbs are slanted A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two… … Wikipedia
Variations of ordinaries — In heraldry, in addition to the variations of the line that can be applied to both ordinaries and the field, there are some variations of ordinaries that can only be applied to them. The arms of Champagne show cotices potented and counter… … Wikipedia
quad|rate — «adjective, noun. KWOD riht, rayt; verb. KWOD rayt», adjective, noun, verb, rat|ed, rat|ing. –adj. 1. square or rectangular. 2. of or designating the quadrate bone. 3. Heraldry. (of a cross) having arms which expand into a square at their… … Useful english dictionary
bird — birdless, adj. /berrd/, n. 1. any warm blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, having a body covered with feathers, forelimbs modified into wings, scaly legs, a beak, and no teeth, and bearing young in a hard shelled egg. 2. a fowl or game bird. 3 … Universalium
Bird — /berrd/, n. Larry, born 1956, U.S. basketball player. * * * I Any of the warm blooded, beaked vertebrates of the class Aves, including more than 9,600 living species. A covering of feathers distinguishes birds from all other animals. Birds have a … Universalium
