counterwavy

alternative counter wavy

1. not comparablegovernmentWavy, with the waves (of different lines) opposed instead of parallel.

   On a fess, between two others wavy, counterwavy, a lion passant.

   1844, John Burke, Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland, London : J.R. Smith, page 495

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   ... “Cette blessure” (“This Wound”) in a round with Hélène Baillargeon and Alan Mills singing “Galant, tu perds ton temps” (“Lover, You're Wasting Your Time”). This wavy, counterwavy tit for tat goes on so long —with time-out for a[…]

   2003 October 7, Gordon Sheppard, HA!: A Self-Murder Mystery, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, →ISBN

   Amayden, I, p. 350, blazon three bends wavy argent and gules; Giallolombardo-Arcangeli, p. 62, blazon five bends counterwavy, argent. […]

   2011 November 10, Aa.Vv., Seventeenth century blazonry of the lesser Roman aristocracy (Un blasonario secentesco della piccola e media aristocrazia romana), Gangemi Editore spa, →ISBN, page 68