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OMBRE

Volume 15 · 67 words · 1815 Edition

OMBRE de soleil, "Shadow of the sun," in Heraldry, is when the sun is borne in armoury, so as that the OME

eyes, nose, and mouth, which at other times are represented, do not appear; and the colouring is thin, so that the field can appear through it.

the ancient name of a province of Italy, in the territory of the pope, now called Spoleto and Perugia.