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from The Century Dictionary.
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Examples
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Suprisingly the. 50s aren't that bad due to the cheveron muzzle break (take it off and it's a beast).
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Either a cheveron or a bi-spherical brake can make a noticeable difference in felt recoil.
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Gower's arms are, Argent on a cheveron, azure, three leopard's heads, Or. Crest.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 364, April 4, 1829 Various
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Let the architect's attention be directed to the western doorway, and also to the interior of the church; and here, in good preservation, he will see excellent specimens of their mode of ornamenting the moldings by the cable, the lozenge, the cheveron, the nail-head, the billet, &c. &c., ornaments peculiar to the
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 274, September 22, 1827 Various
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Why, that is the roundheaded fellow — I wish he hath not come to some mischief, for this is not dirt on the cheveron, but blood.
Woodstock 1855
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` ` Chafron! '' exclaimed the Antiquary, --- ` ` equivalent, perhaps, to _cheveron; _ --- the word's worth a dollar, '' --- and down it went in his red book.
The Antiquary 1845
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That there was a church, on this spot in the Saxon times, seems almost certain, from some bricks apparently the workmanship of that people, found in the chancel; and the cheveron work round the windows of this chancel proves that the first Norman Earl of Leicester, Robert de
A Walk through Leicester being a Guide to Strangers Susannah Watts 1805
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A regular stone arch belonging to this chapel, of a circular form, with ornaments of cheveron work, was carefully taken from among the ruins of the old goal, and preserved by that industrious Antiquary and Historian of
A Walk through Leicester being a Guide to Strangers Susannah Watts 1805
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Why, that is the roundheaded fellow -- I wish he hath not come to some mischief, for this is not dirt on the cheveron, but blood.
Woodstock; or, the Cavalier Walter Scott 1801
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My cheveron card was closed my lowes card was lowered from a 1000. to 300 which is the balance I owed I have never been late with any of these people.
unknown title 2009
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