(obsolete, chiefly, Scotland) A motto or saying.
Vireſcit vulnere virtus , the Motto or Ditton of Steuart Earl of Galloway, is relative to the Creſt, a Pelican vulnered feeding her Young in a Neſt proper; which Figure is an Emblem of our Saviour: And the ſame Figure for Creſt the Steua…
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