Debruised

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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