GYRON
\d͡ʒˈa͡ɪɹɒn], \dʒˈaɪɹɒn], \dʒ_ˈaɪ_ɹ_ɒ_n]\
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A subordinary of triangular form having one of its angles at the fess point and the opposite aide at the edge of the escutcheon. When there is only one gyron on the shield it is bounded by two lines drawn from the fess point, one horizontally to the dexter side, and one to the dexter chief corner.
By Oddity Software
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A subordinary of triangular form having one of its angles at the fess point and the opposite aide at the edge of the escutcheon. When there is only one gyron on the shield it is bounded by two lines drawn from the fess point, one horizontally to the dexter side, and one to the dexter chief corner.
By Noah Webster.
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GIRON, j[=i]'ron, n. (her.) a bearing consisting of two straight lines drawn from any given part of the field and meeting in an acute angle in the fesse-point.--adjs. GYRONNET'TY, GYRON'NY, GIRON'NY. [Fr., acc. to Skeat, from the Old High Ger. gérun, accus. of géro, a spear, gér; cf. A.S. gár, a spear.]
By Thomas Davidson
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[O. Fr.] (Her. ) An ordinary bounded by two lines drawn from the fess point, one to an angle of the escutcheon and the other to the middle point of an adjacent side. An escutcheon divided into eight equal triangles by lines drawn through the fess point is called gyronny.
By Henry Percy Smith