ENDORSED

Verb

endorsed

simple past tense and past participle of endorse

Adjective

endorsed (not comparable)

(heraldry) Flanked by endorses.

Usage notes

Only a pale may be endorsed. When other ordinaries are flanked by diminutive forms, the term cottised is used.

Anagrams

• rednosed

Source: Wiktionary


ENDORSE

En*dorse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Endorsed; p. pr. & vb. n. Endorsing.] Etym: [Formerly endosse, fr. F. endosser to put on the back, to endorse; pref. en- (L. in) + dos back, L. dorsum. See Dorsal, and cf. Indorse.]

Definition: Same as Indorse.

Note: Both endorse and indorse are used by good writers; but the tendency is to the more general use of indorse and its derivatives indorsee, indorser, and indorsement.

En*dorse", n. (Her.)

Definition: A subordinary, resembling the pale, but of one fourth its width (according to some writers, one eighth).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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