embowed

Example Sentences

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Crest—An arm embowed, couped at the shoulder, the hand grasping a hammer, all proper.

From The True Legend of St. Dunstan and the Devil by Flight, Edward G.

His legs were slightly embowed, and he bore himself like a man rarely out of the saddle.

From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison

Crest: An armed arm, embowed, holding a lance, erect.

From Notes and Queries, Number 47, September 21, 1850 by Various

But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloisters pale, And love the high embowed roof With antique pillars massy proof, etc.”

From Tennyson and His Friends by Various

Crest: an arm, embowed, in armour, holding a cutlas, all proper.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various