Crossword clues for scutcheon
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scutcheon \Scutch"eon\, n. [Aphetic form of escutcheon.]
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An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield.
--Bacon.The corpse lay in state, with all the pomp of scutcheons, wax lights, black hangings, and mutes.
--Macaulay. A small plate of metal, as the shield around a keyhole. See Escutcheon, 4.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., short for escutcheon.
Wiktionary
n. An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escutcheon%20(heraldry)).
WordNet
n. a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers [syn: finger plate, escutcheon]
a shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms [syn: escutcheon]
Usage examples of "scutcheon".
Harmless: his were the white colours, and for his scutcheon he had the three golden doves.
Suffer-Long: his were the black colours, and for a scutcheon he had three arrows through the golden heart.
Darkness, his colours were those that were pale, and he had for his scutcheon the fiery flying serpent.
Restless bare them, and his scutcheon was the ghastly picture of death.
Captain Cain was over two bands, namely, the zealous and the angry blood-men: his standard-bearer bare the red colours, and his scutcheon was the murdering club.
Captain Nimrod was captain over two bands, namely, the tyrannical and encroaching blood-men: his standard-bearer bare the red colours, and his scutcheon was the great bloodhound.
Captain Saul was captain over two bands, namely, the groundlessly jealous and the devilishly furious blood-men: his standard-bearer bare the red colours, and his scutcheon was three bloody darts cast at harmless David.
Captain Pope was captain over one band, for all these spirits are joined in one under him: his standard-bearer bare the red colours, and his scutcheon was the stake, the flame, and the good man in it.
And, till thou comest, thy standard-bearer shall be my door porter, and thy scutcheon shall hang night and day at my door-post!
By admitting him, by enlisting under him, by serving under him, some of the most hurtful and injurious men that ever lived have lived after to be the most innocent and the most harmless of men, with their hands washed every day in innocency, and with three golden doves as the scutcheon of their new nature and their Christian character.
Sufferlong, and for a scutcheon he had three arrows through a golden heart.
What mattered it, whether or no there were a silver scutcheon on the coffin-lid?
That flows unmingled from the Flood, Thy scutcheon spotted with the stains Of Norman thieves and pirate Danes!
But we are talking of a direct male line unbroken for forty generations--on so polished a scutcheon, even a fingermark will show up.
Also the baronet, whose ancestors were all honourable men and stainless women, found it hard to overlook a certain royal bar-sinister, which had originated the Luxmore earldom, together with a few other blots which had tarnished that scutcheon since.