Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry, like a star.
- noun In heraldry, a star, usually having six points, and then distinguished from the mullet in having the rays wavy instead of straight.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Her.) A six-pointed star whose rays are wavy, instead of straight like those of a mullet.
- noun a star which has four straight and four wavy rays.
- noun Same as Cross estoilé, under
Cross .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun heraldry A
six -pointed star whoserays arewavy , as opposed to the straight lines of amullet .
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Examples
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In the field, on the left a crescent, on the right an estoile, each between two groups of three small spots (the whole representing the heavens).
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On the left a wavy estoile of six points, on the right a crescent.
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A swan erm. swimming, charged on the breast with an estoile sa. wings expanded or, fretty, raguly az.
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Out of a coronet, adorned with Fleurs de Lis, Or, an estoile of twelve points, argent.
Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical 1812
qms commented on the word estoile
Down deep in the cold benthic moil
Young starfish ambitiously toil,
Each with its schemes
For fulfilling dreams
Of becoming a famous estoile.
April 16, 2015