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English
Etymology
French verdoyer (“to become green”). See verdant.
Adjective
verdoy (not comparable)
- (heraldry) Charged with leaves, fruits, flowers, etc.; said of a border.
1693, Richard Blome, The Art of Heraldry, in two parts ... the second edition, page 21:Gules a Bordure Argent charged with Verdoy of Trefoils slipped proper, that is Vert.
1804, Alexander Nisbet, A system of heraldry, speculative and practical, page 172:SCOTT of Hedderwick, a younger son of Scott of Logie, argent, a fesse crenellé, between three lions' heads erased, gules; within a bordure of the last, verdoy of six flower-de-luces of the first.
1827, Encyclopaedias, Encyclopaedia Edinensis: or, Dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature, page 163:Quarterly; 1st and 4th, the arms of France and England, quarterly; 2d, arms of Scotland; and 3d, those of Ireland; the whole within a border compone, argent and gules, the first charged with verdoy of roses of the second […]
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