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Said of a charge represented as lying over another and partly covering it, so that the latter appears on both sides of, or above and below, the…
Heraldry. = jessant, adj. 1.
Heraldry. Designating a charge with one or more further charges placed within and upon it. Cf. supercharge, n. 1. Now rare.