Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A clasp or catch for mail or costume: same as
agraffe , 1.
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Examples
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Elle avoit aux oreilles un fermail (anneau) large et plat, orn� de plusieurs pierres pr閏ieuses, et particuli鑢ement de rubis.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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He wore a white silken tunic, the border richly embroidered in gold; a crimson dalmatic covered with golden stars; a mantle of blue samite, fastened on the right shoulder with a golden fermail set with a large ruby; and red hose, crossed by golden bands all up the leg.
One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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_ See _Fermaile_. [elsewhere spelled “fermail”] _Saltire.
The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844
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Elle avoit aux oreilles un fermail (anneau) large et plat, orné de plusieurs pierres précieuses, et particulièrement de rubis.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Moreover, he let hang a fermail on his breast, wherein were pearls whose like were never seen, together with other precious stones galore, and on his either side he caused set two great basins of gold, full of doubloons, and many strings of pearls and rings and girdles and other things, which it were tedious to recount, round about him.
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio 1344
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