Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A galley with one mast and usually a yard upon it. Representations of such a galley, with three or more oars fixed in place for rowing, are common in Scotch heraldry.
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Examples
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The servants went about a-tiptoe, speaking in whispers lest their master should be irritated in his fever; the very banner on the tower hung limp about its pole, hiding the black galley of its blazon, now a lymphad of disgrace.
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro
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The arms of Duncan Campbell, as preserved in the hands of his descendants, are identical in their quarterings with the Marquis of Breadalbane, as follows: Quarterly, first and fourth, gyronny of eight or. and sa. for Campbell; second or. a fesse chequey ar. and az. for Stewart; third, ar. a lymphad, her sails and oars in action, all sa. for Lorne.
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The room was dark, but he was finally able to make out a heraldic device stamped on a small leather coffer — a lymphad with the sail furled and oars over the side, flying a death’s-head flag: the arms of House Skellhaven.
Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003
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