Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In heraldry, a swallow used as a bearing.
Examples
“Bevis Tower, science declares, was named probably after another Bevis -- there was one at the Battle of Lewes, who took prisoner Richard, King of the Romans, and was knighted for it -- while Arundel is a corruption of "hirondelle," a swallow.”
“Main | fumiko imano "hirondelle" tiny tiny exhibition at utrecht/nowidea/amoule »”
“fumiko imano "hirondelle" tiny tiny exhibition at utrecht/nowidea/amoule”
“THE GIRL FROM PARIS (Une hirondelle a fait le printemps)”
“Good for you stunney, but une hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps.”
“Chalumeau de Verneuil and de la Roquette who accepted the opinion of the naturalist Cuvier that the _Garjao_ was the _hirondelle de mer_, the”
“_ "'Mon grand père était rossignol; Ma grand mère était hirondelle!”
“Guifette,' Rene gave the word, 'or in Provence, Rondinel della mar -- hirondelle de la mer!”
“We will be troubled no more either with cotyles or capsules, but recollect simply that Hirundo, [Greek: chelidôn], swallow, schwalbe, and hirondelle, are in each language the sufficing single words for the entire Hirundine race.”
“A ceux qui croient qu'une hirondelle budgétaire fait le printemps économique, il convient de rappeler que la méthode Coué ne fonctionne jamais très longtemps dans l'univers de la croissance.”
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Rognons of Random Palavery
Another of my random palavery lists for terms and phrases that don't fit into any of my other lists.
priorship, exigeant, refectory, reestablish, capper, reesed, quar, reprune, orificial, reaming-iron, terminist, terminism and 3097 more...
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wordn't-you-just-know-it
autopolyploid, stimthought, vandanbladderstiddle, word's eye view, ménagerie à trois, technonotice, bluebell, slanticular, ante-jentacular, splunge, turkish room, uxorial and 770 more...
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adamantine, almond, alpenglow, amaranth, amaranthine, amaretto, amarelle, amethyst, anacampserote, ampersand, andromeda, anemone and 153 more...
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mes mots préférés (en français!)
Voici mes mots préférés en français... comme le titre l'indique!
coquelicot, libellule, framboise, cauchemardesque, hirondelle, pamplemouse, jonquille, grenouille, étoile, cicatrice, lendemain, auparavant and 5 more...
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city song
clinquant, glitter, champagne, opiate, effete, nobodies, sleepless, murmuring, glowing, tinsel, stolen, sirens and 11 more...
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French words
pamplemousse, temeraire, royaume, esperance, provençal, courtoisie, pèlerinage, aile, verre, auto-da-fe, couleuvre, farfouiller and 3 more...
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Mes mots
Mes mots preferes parmi tous les langages.
la grisaille, la grive, thrush, blanchâtre, rangily, wabi sabi, mono no aware, hirondelle, se jucher, une tignasse, jadis, toothsome and 61 more...
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hernesheir A term used in heraldry. Dec 6, 2010
jinglebelljosie French for "Swallow" Feb 28, 2009