Passant

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  • adjective. Being a beast facing and walking toward the viewer's left with one front leg raised.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In numismatics, a figure on a coin in a walking position from right to left or from left to right.
  • Walking; walking leisurely: in heraldry, said of a beast used as a bearing. The beast is always understood to hold the head straight and to look forward. See cut under counterchanged.
  • Current.
  • Passing; transitory.
  • Cursory; careless; without deliberation or reflection.
  • Surpassing; excelling.
  • noun. One who passes or passes through or over.
  • noun. An open hem furnishing a sort of tube, through which a cord or ribbon can be passed.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Passing from one to another; in circulation; current.
  • adjective. Curs�ry, careless.
  • adjective. Surpassing; excelling.
  • adjective. Walking; -- said of any animal on an escutcheon, which is represented as walking with the dexter paw raised.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. in walking position with right foreleg raised
  • Word Usage
    "_Combatant_: when back to back, they are _Addorsed_: when passant or salient in contrary directions, they are _Counter passant_ or _Counter salient_."
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    erect  upright  vertical  
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