单词 | respectant |
释义 | respectantadj. Chiefly Heraldry. Frequently as postmodifier. 1. Of an animal (esp. one of a pair): facing another animal. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [adjective] > specific aspects of heraldic beasts regardantc1460 addorsed1572 guardant1572 inverted1610 despectant1688 recursant1688 respectant1688 suspectant1688 adossé1710 affrontee1718 affrontee1724 tourné1725 spectant1825 three-quarteredc1828 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xix. 470/2 He beareth Argent, two Snakes in Salter respectant. c1828 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. (at cited word) When animals are placed in armoury to face each other, they are, by some heralds, termed respecting each other or respectant. 1847 H. Gough Gloss. Terms Brit. Heraldry 267 Respectant, or Respecting each other: terms used in describing two animals face to face. Rampant beasts of prey so borne, are said to be combatant. 1871 Jrnl. Brit. Archaeol. Soc. Mar. 140 The king gave Sir Edmund as his armorial bearings the Supporters of the Royal Arms of England—a crowned lion and a griffin—combatant and respectant. 1919 Eccles. Rev. Dec. 685 Azure, on a mountain of three coupeaux two lions respectant holding a cross. 2006 B. A. McAndrew Scotland's Hist. Heraldry xix. 477 The MacLean symbols of eagles' heads respectant, a hand appaumé, a lymphad and an embattled tower. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [adjective] > looking back reviewing1655 respectanta1765 resilient1848 a1765 C. Parkin Blomefield's Ess. Topogr. Hist. Norfolk (1775) IV. 386 Gules, on a chevron, between 3 eaglets, respectant, or, as many cinqfoils, sable. 1830 Ld. Tennyson Poems 99 Three shadows, fronting one, One forward, one respectant, three but one. 1864 F. G. Tuckerman Poems ii. xxviii. 226 Yet sometimes, with the sad respectant mind, We look upon lost hours of want and wail. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1688 |
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