Lexicographical Neighbors of Escrols
Literary usage of Escrols
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Western Journal of Medicine and Surgery by Daniel Drake, Lundsford Pitts Yandell (1840)
"Land was purchased at each place, and deeds, in the nature of escrols, were
executed to the government; but no money paid, and the bargains were liable to ..."
2. Caledonia: Or, A Historical and Topographical Account of North Britain, from by George Chalmers (1887)
"... which they placed upon escrols above their crests ; as the Duke's of Lennox,
like the Duke of Leinster, assumed the war- cry of the family, ..."
3. Lacunar Basilicae Sancti Macarii, Aberdonensis: The Heraldic Ceiling of the by William Duguid Geddes, Peter Duguid (1888)
"... allowed to appear, or at all events appearing, among the escrols of the various
shields. All the other designations are official ; none except this one ..."
4. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1889)
"In the upper corner next the staff is the St Andrew's cross, between the crown
and thistle, and two escrols bear separate inscriptions. by the motto placed ..."
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