ermined

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English

Etymology

From ermine +‎ -ed.

Verb

ermined

  1. simple past and past participle of ermine

Adjective

ermined (not comparable)

Gules ermined argent.
  1. Dressed in ermine.
    an ermined judge
  2. (heraldry) Having an ermine tincture in a colour other than black and white.
    • 1851, Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Memoirs Illustrative of the History and Antiquities of Norfolk and the City of Norwich, page 201:
      [...] one of them being, Argent, within a bordure gules, the cross, crown of thorns, scourges and nails: the field of the other is ermined gules, with the pillar of the flagellation, the spear and reed.

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