In heraldry, an ordinary componé, compony or gobony is composed of a row of panes of alternating tinctures; the ordinary thus affected is most often a bordure. Certain charges cannot be compony, for practical reasons, such as, in general, common charges, and the chief as they are generally not long and thin as a row of compony is. Usually only tw...
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• (v. t.) To compose; to settle; to arrange. • (a.) See Compony. • (a.) Divided into squares of alternate tinctures in a single row; -- said of any bearing; or, in the case of a bearing having curved lines, divided into patches of alternate colors following the curve. If there are two rows it is called counter-compony.Compone: words ...
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Com·po'ne (kŏm*pō'na)
adjective [ French] See
Compony .
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Com·pone' (-pōn')
transitive verb [ Latin
componere . See
Compound .] To compose; to settle; to arrange. [ Obsolete] « A good pretense for
componing peace.
Strype. »
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compone, componé, compony In heraldry, divided into a single line made up of squares that alternate between metal and color, color and fur, or fur and metal.
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