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1.2
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Adverb
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Two arrows conjoined chevronwise.
Alternative forms
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chevronways
Etymology
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From
chevron
+
-wise
.
Adverb
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chevronwise
(
comparative
more
chevronwise
,
superlative
most
chevronwise
)
(
heraldry
)
Synonym of
chevrony
:
chevron
-like
, in the
manner
of a
chevron
.
1771
,
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed.
, volume II, page
183
:
CHEVRONNE
, or Chevronny,
ſignifies
the dividing of the
ſhield
ſeveral
times
chevron-wiſe
.
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