invected
Americanadjective
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noting an edge of a charge, as an ordinary, consisting of a series of small convex curves.
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(of a charge, as an ordinary) having such an edge.
a chevron invected.
Etymology
Origin of invected
1635–45; < Latin invect ( us ) driven into ( see invective) + -ed 2
Example Sentences
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The word invecked or invected is sometimes applied by old-fashioned heraldic pedants to engrailed lines; later pedants have given it to a line found in modern grants of arms, an engrailed line reversed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
Argent, a bend gules, invected between two hurts.
From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous
Any ordinary drawn with this line is called invected.
From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous
The border of each compartment is formed by a double invected pattern of gold and enamel.
From Bell’s Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Hereford, A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See by A. Hugh (Alfred Hugh) Fisher
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