See Also: sejant(dictionary)
carcass(medicine)
carcass(1)(dictionary)
carcass(2)(dictionary)
carcass(dictionary)

carcass(2) (iou) and sejant (iou)


carcass(2) (iou)



carcass verb trans. E17.
[from the noun.]
Make a carcass of (an animal, occas. a person). E17.
Put up the carcass of (a building). L19.
? Rare before L19.

sejant (iou)



sejant adjective. Also (earlier) seiant. L15.
[Alt. of Old French var. of Old & mod. French seant pres. pple of seoir from Latin sedere sit: see -ANT1.]
Heraldry. In a sitting posture; esp. (of a quadruped) sitting with the forelegs upright. Usu. postpositive.