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Webster 1913 Edition

(pȧ-tŏns′)

Adj.

[Cf. F.

patte d’once

paw of an ounce.]

(Her.)

Having the arms growing broader and floriated toward the end; – said of a cross. See Illust. 9 of

patonce ‎(not comparable)

(heraldry) Having the arms growing broader and floriated toward the end; said of a cross.