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jessant(dictionary)

jessant (iou)



jessant adjective. L16.
[In sense 2 from Old French gesant (later gisant) lying, pres. pple of gesir from Latin jacere to lie: see -ANT1. In sense 1 perh. a different word.]
Heraldry.
Of a charge (as a branch or flower): represented as held in or issuing from the mouth of an animal etc. L16.
Of a charge: represented as lying over and partly covering another. rare. E17.