Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry, wearing hair, as the head of a man or woman, or wearing a mane, as the head of a horse, unicorn, etc. These additions are often borne of a different tincture from the head, which is then said to be crined of such a tincture.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Her.) Having the hair of a different tincture from the rest of the body.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective heraldry Having
hair or amane of a specified tincture, different from that of the body.
Etymologies
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From Old French crine ("hair of the head") (French crin) + -ed.
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Examples
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The bellman of Craigie parish, by name Matthew Dinning, and at this time about eighty years of age, was a very little “crined [175]” old man, and always wore a broad Scottish blue bonnet, with a red “bob” on the top.
Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Ramsay, Edward B 1874
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Sinister Supporter: _A unicorn rampt. arg., armed, crined and gorged with a coronet composed of crosses pattée and fleurs de lis, and chained or_.
The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844
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