Her. Also 7 erron. surflewe. [Of unknown origin; perhaps f. suf- - SUB- 1 + FLUE sb.3] = CLARION sb. 2, REST sb.3 2 b.

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1562.  Legh, Armory, 88 b. Geules, three Sufflues Or, [borne] by the name of Verst.

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1572.  Bossewell, Armorie, II. 124 b. I haue harde some boldely affirme it to be called a Rest,… where in deede it serueth to an other purpose, as to convey the winde from the Bellowes to all the pipes of the Organes: and by propre name is called a Sufflue.

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a. 1661.  Fuller, Worthies, Cornw. (1662), 210. What usually are termed therein Rests … are called by some Criticks, Surflewes.

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1682.  J. Gibbon, Introd. ad Lat. Blazon., 56.

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1849.  Planché, in Jrnl. Brit. Archæol. Assoc., IV. 349.

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