Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Exchanged.
- [F. contre-changé.] In heraldry, having one tincture carried into another and the second into the first.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Exchanged.
- adjective (Her.) Having the tinctures exchanged mutually; thus, if the field is divided palewise,
or andazure , and cross is bornecounterchanged , that part of the cross which comes on theazure side will beor , and that on theor side will beazure .
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- adjective
exchanged - adjective heraldry Having the
tinctures exchangedmutually .
Etymologies
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Examples
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This family bears: party per pale or and sable, an orle counterchanged and two lozenges counterchanged, with: “i, semper melius eris,” — a motto which, together with the two distaffs taken as supporters, proves the modesty of the burgher families in the days when the Orders held their allotted places in the State; and the naivete of our ancient customs by the pun on
A Start in Life 2007
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I love the almost counterchanged color very harlequin-like.
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ARMS: _per bend argent and sable, two anchors, the upper one reversed, counterchanged.
Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman Giberne Sieveking
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Per fesse indented quarterly or and sable, in each quarter an annulet counterchanged.
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In this same way inlay of tortoise-shell and brass was made, -- the two layers were sawed out together, and then counterchanged so as to give the pattern in each material upon the other.
Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison
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Per pale wavy, ar. and gules barry of six counterchanged.
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Per chev. argent and gu. in the centre a crescent counterchanged.
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Their ancient coat -- parted per pale azure and argent, with a dame of the fourteenth century bearing in her hand a rose, all counterchanged -- is carved in wood and monumental marble on the churches and old houses hereabouts.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series John Addington Symonds 1866
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Their ancient coat -- parted per pale azure and argent, with a dame of the fourteenth century bearing in her hand a rose, all counterchanged -- is carved in wood and monumental marble on the churches and old houses hereabouts.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866
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His jerkin and hose were of motley, the left arm and right leg being blue, their opposites, orange tawny, while the nether socks and shoes were in like manner black and scarlet counterchanged.
The Armourer's Prentices Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
hernesheir commented on the word counterchanged
Fourteen letters but only three syllables, anyone? A term for Wordnik's heraldry listers.
March 17, 2011