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Meaning of DEBRUISED

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
      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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