recursant
English
Etymology
From Latin recursans, recursantis, present participle of recursare (“to run back”), v. freq. of recurrere. See recure.
Adjective
recursant (not comparable)
- (heraldry) Having its back towards the observer; said especially of an eagle.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for recursant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)