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Definition of Nowed

1. a. Knotted; tied in a knot, as a serpent.

Definition of Nowed

1. knotted [adj]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Nowed

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Literary usage of Nowed

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1. The British Herald; Or, Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility ...by Thomas Robson by Thomas Robson (1830)
"Crest, a stork's head couped at the neck, nowed ppr. betw. two wings ar. Brown, or Browne, [London and Norwich] gu. ..."

2. DEVON AND CORNWALL NOTES & QUERIES. (1901)
"H.] 116 Ar. 3 caterpillars, serpentes, v' enwrapped rounde. Degon of Ireland, quartered by Carewe. [Ar. 3 serpents nowed vert. H.] 117 G. the hollie lambe, ..."

3. A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry by Henry Gough, James Parker (1894)
"Snakes are also represented nowed, (qv), or twisted in a knot. In the crest of CAVENDISH the reptile is represented as in the margin, and theoretical ..."

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