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sejant, a. Her.|ˈsiːdʒənt|
Forms: 6 seand, seiaunte, seiante, 7 seijant, 7–9 seiant, 7– sejant.
[Properly seiant, a. OF. *seiant var. of seant (mod.F. séant), pres. pple. of seoir to sit:—L. sedēre.]
In a sitting posture; esp. of a quadruped: Sitting with the fore-legs upright.
c1500Sc. Poem on Her. 129 in Q. Eliz. Acad. 98 First, a lionne statant;..the v. seand. 1562Legh Armory 79 b, A Lion seiaunte, Sable. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 396 A falcon Seiant vpon a gloue. 1644Symonds Diary (Camden) 17 Creast, a dog sejant. c1791Encycl. Brit. VIII. 459/1 Two Squirrels sejant adossée Gules. 1864Boutell Her. Hist. & Pop. xxi. §7 (ed. 3) 365 A lion sejant affronté gu. |