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1725, A New Dictionary of Heraldry ... Illustrated with 196 devices on copper ... Revis'd and corrected, with a letter to the publisher, by Mr. James Coates, page 98:
A Cross degraded Fitchee.
1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry, page 168:
Ar. a cross, degraded, sa.
1847, Henry Gough, A Glossary of Terms Used in British Heraldry: With a Chronological Table, Illustrative of Its Rise and Progress, page 99:
Argent, a cross degraded and conjoined, (or issuing from eight degrees,) sable. WYNT-WORTH.
1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 161:
Consequently a cross degraded (fr. à degrés, and sometimes enserrée de degrés and peronnée) and conjoined signifies a plain cross, having its extremities placed upon steps joined to the sides of the shield.
