单词 | rousant |
释义 | rousantadj. Heraldry. Now rare. As postmodifier. Esp. of a swan: = rising adj. 5. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [adjective] > specific movements of heraldic beasts > of birds rousantc1460 segreanta1550 volant1572 rising1632 surgiant1688 soarant1828 soaring1828 c1460 Bk. Arms in Ancestor (1904) Apr. 172 (MED) iij synettys rowsand of sylvyr. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xix. 479/1 A Falcon rowsant to the Sinister, is the Crest of Falckenstein of Bavaria. 1780 J. Edmondson Compl. Body Heraldry II. (Gloss.) Rousant, a term given by some Heralds to a bird rising, as if preparing to take wing. 1842 T. Moule Heraldry of Fish 141 A swan with wings endorsed or rousant, devouring a trout, is the crest of Jane, or Jeane. 1847 J. Burke & J. B. Burke Geneal. & Heraldic Hist. Landed Gentry II. 980/2 Crest—A swan, rousant, sa., membered and beaked, gu. 1916 A. W. Ryerson Ryerson Geneal. (front matter) p. vi Crest [of Ryerson family]: A Swan rousant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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