Definition of Jessant

1. a. Springing up or emerging; -- said of a plant or animal.

Definition of Jessant

1. Adjective. (heraldry) Springing up or emerging; said of a plant or animal. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jessant

1. shooting forth [adj]

Medical Definition of Jessant

1. Springing up or emerging; said of a plant or animal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jessant

jerrycans
jerrygibbsite
jerrygibbsites
jers
jerseyed
jerseys
jerusalem
jervine
jervines
jervisite
jess
jessamies
jessamine
jessamines
jessamy
jessant (current term)
jesse
jessed
jessemin
jesses
jessie
jessies
jessing
jest at
jestbook
jestbooks
jested
jestee
jestees

Literary usage of Jessant

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

1. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"Gu. three leopard's faces or jessant fleurs-de-lis »z. over all a bend of the third fimbriated the outer edge engr. arg. Thomas TENISON, Bishop of Lincoln ..."

2. Antiquities of Shropshire by Robert William Eyton (1855)
"Gu, three Leopards' heads, two and one, jessant three Fleurs-de-lys, or.64 v1. Gu, a Fesse arg. in chief three Plates. (Davenant). v1r. ..."

3. Antiquities of Shropshire by Robert William Eyton (1855)
"Gu, three Leopards' heads, two and one, jessant three Fleurs-de-lys, or.M vi. Gu, a Fesse arg. in chief three Plates. (Davenant). vn. ..."

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