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Webster 1913 Edition

(-p?s′sant)

Adj.

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Counter-

passant

: cf. F.

contrepassant

(Her.)

Passant in opposite directions; – said of two animals.

Adj.

[counter and passant.] In heraldry, is when two lions in a coat of arms are represented as going contrary ways.

counterpassant ‎(not comparable)