Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plant or flower with six leaves.
- noun In her., decorative art, arch., etc., a figure of six lobes or foliations, similar in character to the cinquefoil. Also
sisefoil (in heraldry).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun heraldry A stylized
flower orleaf with sixlobes .
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Examples
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By degrees the bowl became broader and shallower, and instead of the base having six points, its form is a sexfoil without any points.
English Villages 1892
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Subject: witbin a sexfoil, in cbief five billets, 2 and 3 j on a band in fess the bust of a bishop or mitred prior between a key and sword; in base, two lions rampant.
Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity [microform] 1770
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