in increment

in increment

English

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in increment

  1. (heraldry, of a moon) Waxing.
    • 1900, American Journal of Numismatics, page 22:
      ... dexter, per fess on a chief azure, the moon in increment argent; in base, gules, a bear passant proper; sinister, the national eagle displayed, with the radiant All-seeing eye above, but no tinctures are indicated.
    • 1992, Donald R. Mandich, Joseph Anthony Placek, Russian Heraldry and Nobility, Dramco:
      [...] between fesswise a crescent moon in her increment and one in her decrement argent.

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