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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NOWED

a.Knotted; tied in a knot; used in heraldry.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NOWED

Now "ed, a. Etym: [F. noué, p. p. of nouer to knot, fr. L. nodare. See Nodated. ] (Her. )

Defn: Knotted; tied in a knot, as a serpent.

New American Oxford Dictionary

nowed

nowed |noud naʊd | ▶adjective [ often postpositive ] Heraldry knotted; (of a snake ) depicted interlaced in a knot. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French noué ‘knotted. ’

Oxford Dictionary

nowed

nowed |naʊd | ▶adjective [ often postpositive ] Heraldry knotted; (of a snake ) depicted interlaced in a knot. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French noué ‘knotted ’.