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nowy

[ nou-ee, noh-ee ]

adjective

, Heraldry.
  1. noting a partition line or charge in which one or more curves interrupt a normally straight line or lines, usually halfway along their length:

    per fess nowy; a cross nowy.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of nowy1

1555–65; < Middle French noue knotted < Latin nōdātus. See node, -ate 1

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