Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In heraldry, the otter, used as a bearing.
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Examples
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Ed. 3 L'Outre Island, as given on modern maps — this, as well as the form in the text, corrupted from the French word loutre ( "otter").
Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 1904
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Bref il s'avance vers moi et fini meme pas sa marche pour s'ecrouler au milieu du couloir comme une grosse loutre ....
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006
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Luttrel is in French Loutrel, perhaps a dim. of loutre, otter, Lat. lutra.
The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909
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_Lamb_, by LAMBERT and LAMBTON: the _Otter_ (_loutre_, in French), by
The Handbook to English Heraldry Charles Boutell 1844
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Passed a number of plantations on both sides, and isle a la loutre
Brackenridge's Journal of a Voyage up The Missouri River, in 1811 1811
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Mon lapin (bunny), mon chou (cabbage), mon petit oiseau des iles (small bird from the islands), ma petite cochonne (my little piggie), mon chaton (kitten), mon canard (duck), ma loutre (otter).
terms of endearment 2004
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