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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In heraldry, tied in a knot: said of a serpent used as a bearing, the tail of a heraldic lion, or the like.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Her.) Knotted; tied in a knot, as a serpent.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective heraldry Knotted; tied in a knot.

Etymologies

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French noué, past participle of nouer to knot, from Latin nodare. See nodated.

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