wavy

CEFRB1

/ˈweɪvi/

adjective

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wavy swimming pool
Per pale erm. and az. a fess wavy gu.
One of the half-pay men brought me a nasty wavy dagger that had been picked up in the road. 'One of your Indian curiosities, I suppose, Dr Tulloch?' he remarked.

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One of the half-pay men brought me a nasty wavy dagger that had been picked up in the road. 'One of your Indian curiosities, I suppose, Dr Tulloch?' he remarked.
1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados
Per pale erm. and az. a fess wavy gu.
1874, John Woody Papworth, An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great Britain and Ireland: Forming an Extensive Ordinary of British Armorials; Upon...
Parted per fess wavy gu. and arg.; over all a lion passant sa. pierced with a dagger ppr., hafted and pommelled of the second, the haft appearing between the shoulders and the point under the belly, tending towards the hind legs[…]
1893, James Balfour Paul, An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland, page 105
On the fesse are two bars wavy azure for waterways.
1957 February 26, “B.T.C. Armorial Bearings”, in Railway Magazine, page 81
Wavy like Beyoncé on a surfboard
2016, “Wavy”, Tyrone Griffin, Jr., Joseph Allen, Dijon McFarlane (music), performed by Ty Dolla Sign

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From wave + -y.