What does scutcheon mean?
Scutcheon means An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield..
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/ˈskʌtʃ(ə)n/ · noun
An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield..
There be now, for martial encouragement, some degrees and orders of chivalry; which nevertheless are conferred promiscuously, upon soldiers and no soldiers; and some remembrance perhaps, upon the scutcheon; and some hospitals for maimed soldiers; and such like things.
But she againe him in the shield did smite / With so fierce furie and great puissaunce, / That, through his three-square scuchin piercing quite / And through his mayled hauberque, by mischaunce / The wicked steele through his left side did glaunce.
The corpse lay in state, with all the pomp of scutcheons, wax lights, black hangings, and mutes.
The Attorney-General, however, had used this episode, which Martin in retrospect had felt to be a blot on the scutcheon, merely to emphasise the intelligence and resource of the prisoner.
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Scutcheon means An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield..
Common synonyms include escutcheon, finger plate.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
There be now, for martial encouragement, some degrees and orders of chivalry; which nevertheless are conferred promiscuously, upon soldiers and no soldiers; and some remembrance perhaps, upon the scutcheon; and some hospitals for maimed soldiers; and such like things.
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