Counterchanged

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. exchanged
  • adj. Having the tinctures exchanged mutually.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Exchanged.
  • adj. Having the tinctures exchanged mutually; thus, if the field is divided palewise, or and azure, and cross is borne counterchanged, that part of the cross which comes on the azure side will be or, and that on the or side will be azure.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Exchanged.
  • [F. contre-changé.] In heraldry, having one tincture carried into another and the second into the first.
  • Word Usage
    "This family bears: party per pale or and sable, an orle counterchanged and two lozenges counterchanged, with: “i, semper melius eris,” — a motto which, together with the two distaffs taken as supporters, proves the modesty of the burgher families in the days when the Orders held their allotted places in the State; and the naivete of our ancient customs by the pun on"
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    exchanged   
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