Definition of Invected

1. a. Having a border or outline composed of semicircles with the convexity outward; -- the opposite of engrailed.

Definition of Invected

1. Adjective. (heraldry) having a border consistng of semicircles with the convex part outwards; scalloped ¹

2. Verb. inveighed ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Invected

1. edged by convex curves [adj]

Medical Definition of Invected

1. Having a border or outline composed of semicircles with the convexity outward; the opposite of engrailed. Origin: L. Invectus carried in. See Inveigh. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Invected

invasive cervical cancer
invasive exotic
invasive exotics
invasive mole
invasive species
invasively
invasiveness
invasivenesses
invasives
invasivity
inveagle
inveagled
inveagles
invecked
invect
invected (current term)
invecting
invection
invections
invective
invectively
invectiveness
invectivenesses
invectives
invects
inveigh
inveighed
inveigher
inveighers
inveighing

Literary usage of Invected

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"... invected, in heraldry, Inveigh, to attack with words, rail. (F. —L.) From F. envahir, .... invected ..."

2. A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry by Henry Gough, James Parker (1894)
"Gules, a pale invected argent—VECK, Scotland. ... Or, two bars invected above and engrailed below gules— ..."

3. An Ordinary of Arms Contained in the Public Register of All Arms and by James Balfour Paul (1893)
"Arg. on a chevron invected gu. between three ears of rye slipped and bladed vert a cross moline of the field (ist and 4th quarters). ..."

4. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1819)
"invected, in heraldry, denotes a thing fluted, or furrowed. ... whereas in invected, they are turned inward to the ordinary, and the small semicircles ..."

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