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Definition of Gyrons
1. gyron [n] - See also: gyron
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gyrons
Literary usage of Gyrons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Electricity: What is It? by W. Denham Verschoyle (1908)
"All solids have a certain absorptive capacity for free gyrons. Normally, any
gyron thus absorbed has its motion altered to conform as nearly as possible to ..."
2. The Scottish Historical Review by Company of Scottish History (1906)
"... to this are : (i) If a cross was meant, it might as well have been drawn ;
for it would have been easier to draw a cross than eight gyrons ; and (2) ..."
3. An Introduction to Heraldry: Containing the Origin and Use of Arms; Rules by Hugh Clark, Thomas Wormull (1854)
"Forney says, this term is the French for bosom, and these figures are called
gyrons, because they meet in the centre or bosom of the shield. ..."
4. A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries by John Woodward (1896)
"... A curious form of gyrons is found in German armory in it the gyrons are formed,
not by straight lines but by curves. ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Gyronny, covered with gyrons, or divided so as to form several gyrons ; said of
an escutcheon. Booke of Precedence (EETS, extra [ser. ..."
6. A Short and Easy Introduction to Heraldry, in Two Parts by Hugh Clark (1827)
"... this term is the French for bosom, and these figures are called gyrons because
they meet in the centre or bosom of the shield. ..."
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