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mi-parti
UK /miːˈpɑːti/ US /miˈpɑɹti/
adj 1noun 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
blue, red
VERB + MI-PARTI
look, made
MI-PARTI + NOUN
error
PREP.
in, with
Definitions
adj
1
Vertically divided into distinctly-coloured or patterned halves; party per pale.
They are all parted per pale, or (to vſe Scohier's word, mi-partie, that is, parted longwiſe in the midſt, or perpendicularly parted, but yet ſeuerally affected in the partings […]
The extreme uncertainty of engraving the horizontal line of division in shields makes it quite reasonable to suppose the division which we see in Panwitz to have been made to look mi-parti in error.
noun
1
A garment vertically divided into two distinctly-coloured or patterned halves.
All the colors of the Universe radiate off the walls and floor of this room. The being here is dressed in a miparti...
It was certainly of western origin, but had also been adopted in the East; and whereas in the West the mi-parti had by the middle of the thirteenth century become the clothing of servants and squires, in the East it was instead worn by wealthy people […]
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They are all parted per pale, or (to vſe Scohier's word, mi-partie, that is, parted longwiſe in the midſt, or perpendicularly parted, but yet ſeuerally affected in the partings […]
Wiktionary02
The extreme uncertainty of engraving the horizontal line of division in shields makes it quite reasonable to suppose the division which we see in Panwitz to have been made to look mi-parti in error.
Wiktionary03
Almost all the indoor servants were given three ells of coloured shortcloth, together with three ells of striped cloth for their suits, which must have been, therefore, mi-parti.
Wiktionary04
All the colors of the Universe radiate off the walls and floor of this room. The being here is dressed in a miparti...
Wiktionary05
It was certainly of western origin, but had also been adopted in the East; and whereas in the West the mi-parti had by the middle of the thirteenth century become the clothing of servants and squires,
Wiktionary06
'Correct,' echoed the third fop, in red and blue mi-parti. 'To begin with, we'll tan the hide of that peasant in the European style. Come on, gentlemen, your canes! And may none of us shirk!
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