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Webster 1913 Edition

Counterchanged

Counˊter-changed′

(-ch?njd′)
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Adj.
1.
Exchanged.
2.
(Her.)
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Counterchanged

COUNTERCHANGED

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pp.
Exchanged. In heraldry, intermixed, as the colors of the field and charge.

Definition 2024

counterchanged

counterchanged

English

Adjective

counterchanged ‎(not comparable)

  1. exchanged
  2. (heraldry) Having the tinctures exchanged mutually.
    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.

Etymology

counter- +‎ changed

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