sejant

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A Scottish Lion sejant usually has his fore paws raised in the air, and in English terms of blazon would be described as “_Sejant erect_” or “_Sejant rampant_.”

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  • A Scottish Lion sejant usually has his fore paws raised in the air, and in English terms of blazon would be described as “_Sejant erect_” or “_Sejant rampant_.” —  The Handbook to English Heraldry
  • Arms of the Office are -- _Arg., a lion sejant erect and affronté gu., holding in his dexter paw a thistle slipped vert, and in the sinister an escutcheon of the second; on a chief az., a saltire of the first_: No. 266. —  The Handbook to English Heraldry
  • Crown, a lion sejant affronté erect gu.; imperially crowned, holding in the dexter paw a sword, and in the sinister paw a sceptre, both erect and ppr. _; with the motto -- IN: DEFENSE; assumed by JAMES V.; borne by —  The Handbook to English Heraldry
  • _Upon the Crown of Scotland, a lion sejant erect affronté gules; crowned or, holding in the dexter paw a sword, and in the sinister a sceptre, both proper_ (SCOTLAND). —  The Handbook to English Heraldry
  • a coat-of-arms seen in a nightmare, British Matron _sejant_ with Modesty and Virtue as supporters. —  The Ancient Allan
 

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