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Meanings of scutcheon in English
A flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers.
Usage of scutcheon in English
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!
6
Destructive, and the great red dragon he had for his scutcheon.
7
Expectation, and for a scutcheon he had the three golden anchors.
8
Why are pains taken to show these 'blots in the scutcheon'?
9
What a blot on the scutcheon of a would-be Columbus!
10
Promise bore them, and for a scutcheon he had the holy lamb and golden shield.
11
His scutcheon was paly of four, argent and gules.
12
Therefore her marriage is a blot on our scutcheon.
13
Immediately below is Death's scutcheon emblazoned with allegorical bearings.
14
Surely, such thoughtless manifestation of curiosity is a blot on the scutcheon of true politeness!
15
To associate the name of Liftore with his would be to blot the scutcheon of Lossie.
16
Harmless: his were the white colours, and for his scutcheon he had the three golden doves.
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