guze
English
Etymology
Uncertain. Attested since at least 1562. According to "A Glossary of Terms used in Heraldry" by James Parker (published in 1894) it comes from Turkish göz, meaning “eye”. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡjuːz/
Noun
guze (plural guzes)
See also
| metals | main colours | less common colours | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tincture | or | argent | gules | azure | sable | vert | purpure | tenné | orange | sanguine |
| depiction | ||||||||||
| roundel (in parentheses: semé): | bezant (bezanty) |
plate (platy) |
torteau (tortelly) |
hurt (hurty) |
pellet (pellety), ogress |
pomme (pommy) |
golpe (golpy) |
orange (semé of oranges) |
(semé of guzes) | |
| goutte (noun) / gutty (adjective) thereof: | (goutte / gutty) d'or (of gold) |
d'eau (of water) |
de sang (of blood) |
de larmes (of tears) |
de poix (of pitch) |
d'huile / d'olive (olive oil) |
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| special roundel | furs | uncommon tinctures: | ||||||||
| tincture | fountain, syke: barry wavy argent–azure | ermine | ermines, counter-ermine | erminois | pean | vair | counter-vair | potent | counter-potent | bleu celeste, brunâtre, carnation, cendrée (iron, steel, acier), copper, murrey |
| depiction | ||||||||||
References
- James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Guze”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
- “guze”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “guze”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “guze”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
guze (Cyrillic spelling гузе)