A flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers.
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Examples for "escutcheon "
Examples for "escutcheon "
1 Treachery to it is daubed on many an escutcheon in its heraldry.
2 He left no stain on the escutcheon of a captain of industry.
3 This is undoubtedly a deep blot on the escutcheon of our hero.
4 He found his name tattooed in blue, on a rudely designed escutcheon .
5 What was he doing with the three lilies emblazoned on his escutcheon ?
1 Burning bare them, and his scutcheon was the blue and stinking flame.
2 Restless bare them, and his scutcheon was the ghastly picture of death.
3 He could show no legitimate scutcheon ; but this was a small matter.
4 Lily Bell was to Margaret Hamilton a blot on the boy's scutcheon .
5 Not a man of them left a bar sinister on th' scutcheon !
1 Consistently, at the instant of fingers -plates contact, pressure centroids were clustered around the same point for all handle configurations.
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