The Beetles were heraldic of a new style of music. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : heraldic form; heraldic images; heraldic history; a heraldic device. From Dictionary.com.
He was perhaps at his best in heraldic drawings, as many a coat and many a delightful book-plate testify. From Wordnik.com. [On Adrian Fortescue] Reference
Its unique decorative character has been aptly described as heraldic, "The Power of America rising from the Sea.". From Wordnik.com. [Sculpture of the Exposition Palaces and Courts] Reference
It is all the same in the end what kind of heraldic figures are represented on it, if they only indicate what is meant. From Wordnik.com. [Essays of Schopenhauer] Reference
Useless here, but they have some kind of heraldic significance; I think the Barons used to collect them from each other, like scalps. ". From Wordnik.com. [Cities In Flight]
Coat of Arms, and shouls be attractive, distinctively African, dignified, heraldic, meaningful and simple, "her office said in a statement. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
It is a mistake to paint heraldic devices on brass. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See] Reference
The heraldic chimneypiece is high and very elaborate. From Wordnik.com. [Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts] Reference
This glorious heraldic material is a Science of State. From Wordnik.com. [The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette] Reference
The heraldic and genealogical archives of the Avvogadori di. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
Under the heraldic banner they lay the last heir of the haughty. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Pictorial and heraldic subjects are frequently carried out in it. From Wordnik.com. [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference
Among the heraldic decorations are to be found the chevrons of the. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire] Reference
Large beaked boats with heraldic banners are rocking in the coves. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
The heraldic shields give a clue to the date of the window, and Mr. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See] Reference
These heraldic figures are made a special feature of the main aisle. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885] Reference
Nothing, in an heraldic point of view, would be more interesting than a. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc] Reference
Above most of the niches are shields with heraldic bearings, twelve in all. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See] Reference
The pattern that covers the space between the borders is certainly heraldic. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See] Reference
A heraldic agency -- see advertisement -- will plant and make grow at your will. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The sword and cocoanut now form part of the heraldic arms belonging to Makassar. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Malay Archipelago] Reference
In old embroideries, heraldic devices may be seen successfully treated in this way. From Wordnik.com. [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference
England facing the wrong way in some completed piece of heraldic work would be most annoying. From Wordnik.com. [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference
Other bosses are either floral or heraldic, the latter containing the arms of the Despensers. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire] Reference
Daughter of a heraldic painter, the necessities of her family obliged her to make a voyage, as a child, to. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference
He dismounted and commenced proceedings by scraping off his shield the heraldic emblems with which it was charged. From Wordnik.com. [From a Terrace in Prague] Reference
The sunbeam coming from a cloud, the white falchion, and the chained hart are heraldic devices belonging to Edward III. From Wordnik.com. [Chats on Old Lace and Needlework] Reference
In designing heraldic work care must be taken to introduce no debased forms such as were current after the XVth century. From Wordnik.com. [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference
We find, for example, one quilt devoted to recreating the heraldic crests or Japanese families; another, "Portrait Gallery,". From Wordnik.com. [Peter Clothier: Quilts] Reference
That the choir was enlarged at this period is chiefly made evident by the heraldic devices and armorial bearings still existing. From Wordnik.com. [Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys] Reference
The import of this seems to have been about the same as that of the drawn sword and the sheathed sword in modern heraldic designs. From Wordnik.com. [The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886] Reference
Beneath this celestial vision is the heraldic shield of the lady's family, thus throwing in a glimpse of visible worldly grandeur. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865] Reference
There is really nothing wanting but this little heraldic blazon on the back to give her the appearance of a lady of the highest rank. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The repeating element is perhaps a symbolical figure, a heraldic shield, or it may be some geometrical form that supplies the motive. From Wordnik.com. [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference
Armure -- A cloth woven in miniature imitation of feudal metal armor plates, heraldic devices, diamonds, birdseye, and seeded effects. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles and Clothing] Reference
His father had been an heraldic painter, so it was perhaps an hereditary strain in the son that naturally attached him to rank and royalty. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
The celebrated John Anstis, the heraldic writer, was also apprehended, and warrants were issued for the seizure of other suspected persons. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I.] Reference
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