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In heraldry, a tincture spoken of as orange-brown, or as produced by mixing red and yellow. It is represented in engraving and drawings in black and white by diagonal lines from the sinister chief to the dexter base, crossed by vertical lines according to most authorities, or by horizontal lines according to Berry. Also tenney, tawny.

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In the Eskimo it is _inuk_, _innuk_, plural _innuit_; in Athapasca it is _dinni_, _tenné_; in Algonkin, _inini_, _lenni_, _inwi_; in — The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America

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Heraldic F.: see tawny.

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