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lévrierlion

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blazon partially parsed (method lenient_en)

Keigwin

family·GB·lenient_en·Burke (General Armory)

Blazon

Vert a chevron between three greyhounds courant argent; these arms, evidently from the name Keigwin, or Ker gwyn, which signifies in Cornish '' white dog," have been used by the family for full two centuries; but a manuscript in the Heralds' Office gives a lion rampant crowned, as the arms of Keicwin, of Penzance

Tinctures

argent (charge)
argent (ordinary)
sinople (field)

Charges

chevron (ordinary)
lévrier (meuble)
lion (meuble)
Parsed structure (AST)
{
  "field": {
    "tincture": {
      "name": "sinople",
      "category": "colour"
    }
  },
  "charges": [
    {
      "name": "chevron",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "ordinary",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "lévrier",
      "count": 3,
      "category": "meuble",
      "tincture": {
        "name": "argent",
        "category": "metal"
      },
      "attitudes": [
        "courant"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "lion",
      "count": 1,
      "category": "meuble",
      "attitudes": [
        "rampant",
        "couronné"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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