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counter-ˈpotencé, -ˈpotency, a. Her.
[= F. contre-potencé: see counter- 14. In English the final -é appears sometimes treated as an English -e mute.]
Having the figures called ‘potents’ (shaped like the heads of crutches) arranged as in counter-vair.
1572J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 35 Beareth Sable, a Bende Argent, with twoo double Cotizes, Potences and Counter⁓potences of three peces d'Or. 1611Cotgr., Contrepotencé, counterpotencie (a tearme of Blason). 1823Crabb Techn. Dict., Counter-potencé.
So counter-potence n. rare; counter-potent a. (n.), applied esp. to a ‘fur’ in which the potents are arranged as in counter-vair.
1610J. Guillim Her. i. iv. 15, I hold it better blazoned Potent counterpotent for the resemblance it hath to the heads of crowches. 1727–51Chambers Cycl., Counter⁓potent..by the French heralds called contre-potencé. 1830Robson Brit. Herald III. s.v., Counter-potent..is classed with the furs, but composed of pieces representing the tops of crutches. 1864Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. iv. (ed. 3) 20 Potent and Counter Potent are always argent and azure. Ibid. xiv. 158, I give the shield of Champagne in order to show more clearly the field of the shield between the counter-potences of the cotises. 1868Cussans Her. iii. 53. |