Meanings
- not comparableuncommonwhale; etc; whale; etcgovernmentSwallowing.
[…] dolphins haurient, respectant and ingulphant of the flukes of an anchor reversed all proper; on a chief azure three mullets of the first.
1920, Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage, page 7661 more example
Per pale azure and purpure, three whales' heads erased or, each ingulphant of a spear-head argent, were the arms borne by Sir Hugh Vaughan of Littleton in Middlesex, in the reign of Henry VIII; and were quartered with[…]
1842, Thomas Moule, Heraldry of Fish: Notices of the Principal Families Bearing Fish in Their Arms, London : J. van Voorst, page 48Synonyms: vorant
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSwallowing.
Origin
Cognate to engulfing?
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