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alce
noun 2
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3ADJ.
leaning, male
VERB + ALCE
called, wings
ALCE + NOUN
griffin, gryphon, oper, opinicus, p, re
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noun
1
An elk.
Alces, brought for the nonce out of the great wooddes of Germany.
His creaſt, the beaſt Alce pꝛoper, leaning to an Oke Vert, ſet on a toꝛce de Oꝛ and Gules, mantled Sable, doubled Oꝛ, ſuppoꝛted with a Beuer argent, coloured and vnguled Sable, and an Harpie Vert, Wynged de Oꝛ. The Alce diſcribed foꝛ the creaſt of the ſaid coate Armour, is a wilde Beaſte in the woods of Germany, in faſhion and ſkinne like to a fallowe Déere, but greater, and hath no iointes in his legges: and therefoꝛe he doth neuer lye, but leans to a trée when he doth reſt him.
noun
1
A mythical beast resembling a griffin with no wings, often classified as a male griffin.
Ar. a fesse betw. three alces’ or griffins’ heads erased sa.
Alce. The Male Griffin. […] Alice, or Alce. The Male Gryphon.
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Alces, brought for the nonce out of the great wooddes of Germany.
Wiktionary02
His creaſt, the beaſt Alce pꝛoper, leaning to an Oke Vert, ſet on a toꝛce de Oꝛ and Gules, mantled Sable, doubled Oꝛ, ſuppoꝛted with a Beuer argent, coloured and vnguled Sable, and an Harpie Vert, Wyn
Wiktionary03
CAP. XXXI. of Germanie, and the wonderfull byrdes therein, and of the Bugles, Vres, and Alces. wylde Beaſtes. […] There is alſo a beaſt called Alce much reſembling a Mule, with ſuch a long vpper lippe
Wiktionary04
Ar. a fesse betw. three alces’ or griffins’ heads erased sa.
Wiktionary05
Alce. The Male Griffin. […] Alice, or Alce. The Male Gryphon.
Wiktionary06
XV. CHARGES taken from MONSTERS. Monsters with Wings. Griffin. Dragon. Alce. Opinicus. […] Alce. See Griffin. […] The term Alce is given, as if used by writers for a kind of griffin, but no example ca
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