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Definition: Debruised
Debruised
\De*bruised"\, a. [Cf. OF. debruisier to shatter,
break. Cf.
Bruise.] (Her.)
Surmounted by an ordinary; as, a lion is debruised when a
bend or other ordinary is placed over it, as in the cut.
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The lion of England and the lilies of France without
the baton sinister, under which, according to the laws
of heraldry, they where debruised in token of his
illegitimate birth. --Macaulay.
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