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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COUNTERPASSANT

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

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COUNTERPASSANT

Coun "ter *pas `sant (-ps "sant ), a. Etym: [Counter- + passant: cf. F.contrepassant.] (Her. )

 

Defn: Passant in opposite directions; -- said of two animals.