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invected

[ in-vek-tid ]

adjective

, Heraldry.
  1. noting an edge of a charge, as an ordinary, consisting of a series of small convex curves.
  2. (of a charge, as an ordinary) having such an edge:

    a chevron invected.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of invected1

1635–45; < Latin invect ( us ) driven into ( invective ) + -ed 2

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Example Sentences

The term invected or invecked is the precise opposite of engrailed.

If an ordinary be engrailed, or invected, this fact is at once stated, the term occurring before the colour of the ordinary.

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