Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry, following; especially, following one another: noting several bearings of the same sort, especially beasts or birds.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Her.) Succeeding one another; following.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective heraldry
Succeeding one another;following .
Etymologies
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French?
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Examples
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When the head has been advanced to its utmost, about the middle of the body an independent series of succeedant ripples or wrinkles manifests itself and travels consistently ahead, while farther towards the rear another series follows, and so on, until the lagging tail is enabled to wrinkle itself along.
My Tropic Isle 2003
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When the head has been advanced to its utmost, about the middle of the body an independent series of succeedant ripples or wrinkles manifests itself and travels consistently ahead, while farther towards the rear another series follows, and so on, until the lagging tail is enabled to wrinkle itself along.
My Tropic Isle 1887
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