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sinople
noun 4
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2ADJ.
green
PREP.
in, with
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noun
1
A shade of red; sinoper.
2
Sinoper, a kind of red earth historically used as a pigment, originally imported to Greece from Sinope in Paphlagonia.
3
Ferruginous quartz of a blood-red or brownish red colour, sometimes with a tinge of yellow, used to make the pigment sinopia.
4
Vert (green).
In heraldry, sinople (the green of blazonry) also signified love, joy, abundance.
Espinosa (Spain and Flanders) : Argent, a tree terrassé sinople, accosted by two wolves affrontés, sable […]
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In heraldry, sinople (the green of blazonry) also signified love, joy, abundance.
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Espinosa (Spain and Flanders) : Argent, a tree terrassé sinople, accosted by two wolves affrontés, sable […]
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This shield argent with three lions sinople (green) has remained the coat of arms of the House of Lannoy. The young knight built a home in the woods around the seigneurie of Lys.
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