ermined

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ermine +‎ -ed

Verb[edit]

ermined

  1. simple past and past participle of ermine

Adjective[edit]

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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