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},
{
"word": "counter-vair"
},
{
"word": "potent"
},
{
"word": "counter-potent"
},
{
"word": "bleu celeste"
},
{
"word": "brunâtre"
},
{
"word": "carnation"
},
{
"english": "iron, steel, acier",
"word": "cendrée"
},
{
"word": "copper"
},
{
"word": "murrey"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Heraldic charges"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1572, John Bossewell, Workes of Armorie, II, 37b",
"text": "Beareth Verte, fiue Fermaulxz in Crosse D'Or, a Border d'Argent, charged with eight Ogresses: or, after the French blazon, 'Ogressée de huit pieces'.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A roundel sable."
],
"links": [
[
"heraldry",
"heraldry"
],
[
"roundel",
"roundel"
],
[
"sable",
"sable"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(heraldry) A roundel sable."
],
"topics": [
"government",
"heraldry",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"monarchy",
"nobility",
"politics"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈəʊɡɹɛs/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈoʊɡɹɛs/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/-ɪs/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/-əs/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "(Received Pronunciation) -əʊɡɹɛs"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "roundel sable",
"word": "gunstone"
},
{
"sense": "roundel sable",
"word": "pellet"
}
],
"word": "ogress"
}
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