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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
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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