Definition of Nowed

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

Definition of Nowed

1. Adjective. (heraldry) Knotted; tied in a knot. ¹

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Definition of Nowed

1. knotted [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nowed

now you're cooking
now you're talking
now you mention it
nowackiite
nowadays
noway
noways
nowcast
nowcasting
nowcasts
nowch
nowches
nowd
nowdays
nowds
nowed (current term)
nowel
nowell
nowells
nowels
nowhen
nowhence
nowhere
nowhere else
nowhere to be found
nowheres
nowhile
nowhither
nowise
nowl

Literary usage of Nowed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

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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