De Aquila leaped up; but there was only the moonlight frettyon the floor.
Sable a Cross ingrailed Or, and Gules a Cross moline Argent, his Grandmother Ufford’s Arms, his own proper Coat being Or fretty Azure.
Sable a Cross ingrailed Or, and Gules a cross moline Argent, his maternal Ancestors; but the proper Arms of his Family, Or fretty Azure.
Sir William Maltravers is credited with "sable fretty or, on a quarter argent, three lions passant in pale gules.
Sable fretty or" was the original form of the arms of the ancient and historic family of Maltravers.
Another case, which starting fretty has ended in a fret, occurs in the arms of the family of Harington.
Of other but much more uncommon varieties examples will be found of the cross parted and fretty (Fig.
This would seem to indicate {150} that those who treat the fret and fretty as interchangeable have good grounds for so doing.
Sir John de Haverington, or Sir John de Harington, is found at the first Dunstable tournament in 1308 bearing "sable fretty argent," and this coat of arms variously differenced appears in some number of the other early rolls of arms.
They appear fretty as late as in the year 1421, which is the date at which the Garter plate of Sir William Arundel, K.
The palpable origin of the fret or fretty in the case of the arms of Maltravers is simply the canting similarity between a traverse and the name Maltravers.
Uncle Zenas is one of them fretty men that can't seem to wait with any show of patience when they think anything 'special is goin' on.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "fretty" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
