guze
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]guze (plural guzes)
See also
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| tincture | or | argent | gules | azure | sable | vert | purpure | tenné | orange | sanguine |
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| roundel (in parentheses: semé): |  bezant (bezanty) |
 plate (platy) |
 torteau (tortelly) |
 hurt (hurty) |
 pellet (pellety), ogress |
 pomme |
 golpe (golpy) |
 orange (semé of oranges) |
 guze (semé of guzes) | |
| goutte (noun) / gutty (adj) 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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| tincture | fountain, syke: barry wavy argent and azure | ermine | ermines, counter-ermine | erminois | pean | vair | counter-vair | potent | counter-potent | bleu celeste, brunâtre, carnation, cendrée (iron, steel, acier), copper, murrey |
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References
[edit]- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- “guze”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “guze”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “guze”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Noun
[edit]guze (Cyrillic spelling гузе)