gules

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gules - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gules \Gules\ (g[=u]lz), n. [OE. goules, F. gueules, the same
     word as gueule throat, OF. gole, goule, L. gula. So named
     from the red color of the throat. See Gullet, and cf.
     Gula.] (Her.)
     The tincture red, indicated in seals and engraved figures of
     escutcheons by parallel vertical lines. Hence, used
     poetically for a red color or that which is red.
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           His sev'n-fold targe a field of gules did stain
           In which two swords he bore; his word,
           "Divide and reign."                      --P. Fletcher.
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           Follow thy drum;
           With man's blood paint the ground; gules, gules.
                                                    --Shak.
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           Let's march to rest and set in gules, like suns.
                                                    --Beau. & Fl.
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