(n.) The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base (see Chiff, and Field.). That side of the escutcheon which is on the right hand of the knight who bears the shield on his arm is called dexter, and the other side sinister.
(n.) A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It is esteemed an index of milking qualities.
(n.) That part of a vessel's stern on which her name is written.
(n.) A thin metal plate or shield to protect wood, or for ornament, as the shield around a keyhole.
(n.) The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area.
Example Sentences:
(1) The abdominal escutcheon, and certain aspects of pre-anal organ morphology, have been studied in Sphaerodactylus spp.
(2) The sphaerodactyline escutcheon becomes larger by the peripheral addition of specialized scales with increasing size of the individuals: this relationship is much more clearcut in S. cinereus than in the notatus species group (sensu Shreves, '68), and the possible reasons for this are discussed.
(3) This operation provides obvious cosmetic advantages in hairline refinement and the reconstruction of eyebrows, eyelashes, beards, and pubic escutcheon.
(4) A combination of tail butt, escutcheon and neck produced probabilities (0.58 and above) considered adequate to form the basis of an examination system.
(5) A gonad-like organ could be palpable at bilateral inguinal area and pubic hair was a female escutcheon in spite of complete male phenotype for both external genitalia and posterior urethra by retrograde urethrogram.
(6) Facial hirsuties, non-hereditary frontal balding, voice changes, male escutcheon, and mild clitorimegaly accompanied a right adnexal mass.
Esquire
Definition:
(n.) Originally, a shield-bearer or armor-bearer, an attendant on a knight; in modern times, a title of dignity next in degree below knight and above gentleman; also, a title of office and courtesy; -- often shortened to squire.
(v. t.) To wait on as an esquire or attendant in public; to attend.
Example Sentences:
(1) The law will affect a wide variety of publications, including the country’s leading business daily, Vedomosti, the Russian versions of glossy magazines such as Esquire, GQ and Cosmopolitan, and television channels such as Disney and Eurosport.
(2) Seeing a sign for a bar, I hiked up an iron staircase to the Esquire Tavern (155 East Commerce St), and felt as if I'd stepped on to the set of a Sam Peckinpah film.
(3) New restrictive laws are passed with dispiriting predictability: foreign media franchise owners are forced out of their stakes in international brands such as Forbes or Esquire based in Russia, fines and other penalties are introduced for not covering controversial subjects such as terrorism and drug abuse in terms that “do not explicitly discourage the behaviour”.
(4) As Esquire's Tom Junod put it after the speech : "if the Lethal Presidency reminds us of anything, it's that we should be a long way from judging this president on his rhetoric or his portrayal of himself as a moral actor."
(5) GQ's National Magazine Company rival, Esquire, fell further behind, down 9.3% year on year to 52,705.
(6) SCMP Group also owns the Hong Kong editions of magazines Esquire, Elle, Cosmopolitan and Harper’s Bazaar.
(7) Two and a half years ago, when the Russian edition of Esquire asked me to interview any person I found interesting, I immediately said: "The most interesting person for me today is Khodorkovsky".
(8) Fellow panelist Charlie Pierce, a writer for Esquire, had declared that demographic realities imply that the 2016 election “is the last time that old white people will command the Republican party’s attention, its platform, and its public face”.
(9) In 2010 she moved to Bauer to publish Grazia during a period of significant growth before being headhunted to join Hearst UK, where she published brands including Cosmopolitan, Red and Esquire across print, digital and events platforms.
(10) In an interview with Esquire magazine, Tony Blair said it was “an open question” .
(11) That same year Esquire magazine called Chief Timoney America's "best cop" and praised his rough and tumble attitude, as well as his commitment to protecting the public.
(12) The country has taken a decision in a referendum, there is no way that decision can be reversed, unless it becomes clear once people see the facts they change their mind.” Blair, a critic of the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, said he did not support the creation of a new political party but hinted in a recent interview with Esquire that he could be ready for a return to politics .
(13) He began his writing career publishing science fiction stories in Esquire.
(14) Arena has long been eclipsed by rivals GQ, which Condé Nast launched in 1989 and sold 130,094 copies a month in the second half of 2008; and National Magazine Company's Esquire, which relaunched in 2007, and sells 60,051.
(15) Why do magazines such as Esquire and Grazia think it's OK to talk about bums so lasciviously?
(16) Continuing to do well in the studios by day, he formed the Esquires of Rhythm, working nights on Central Avenue, with the young white alto-saxophonist Art Pepper in the group, which turned into Lee & Lester Young's Band after his brother turned up in Los Angeles in 1941.
(17) He completed his undergraduate education at New York university in 1948, and sold short stories to Esquire magazine and Atlantic Monthly.
(18) Hopes will be pinned on Esquire's special hardcover issue for September.
(19) A stint on ABC opposite William Buckley, covering the 1968 Republican and Democratic conventions, degenerated into abuse, with Vidal calling Buckley a "crypto-Nazi", Buckley suggesting that the "queer … [should] go back to his pornography", further attacks in the magazine Esquire, and suits for libel on both sides.
(20) Game that rewards players for killing Indigenous Australians pulled from app stores Read more According to the social network’s content policy, a photograph of a sun-browned Kim Kardashian stretched glamorously across a desert landscape, streaked in white body paint that covers her nipples, is an appropriate header image for Esquire’s piece on the body-shaming furore that often chases the star.