PURFLEW, a term in heraldry, expressing ermins,
peans, or any of the furs, when they compose a bordure
round a coat of arms: thus they say, He beareth gules,
a bordure, purflew, vairy; meaning, that the bordure is
vairy.
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PURFLEW, a term in heraldry, expressing ermins,
peans, or any of the furs, when they compose a bordure
round a coat of arms: thus they say, He beareth gules,
a bordure, purflew, vairy; meaning, that the bordure is
vairy.