Definitions For Hauriant

Adjective

(not comparable) (heraldry) Of a fish#noun, fish, etc.: in a vertical#adjective, vertical orientation, with its head#noun, head up (to chief#noun, chief) and tail down (to base#noun, base). : {{antonyms, en, urinant}} : {{ux, en, three salmon hauriant}}

Alternative forms

haurient

Coordinate terms

naiant

Etymology

{{PIE root, en, h₂ews}} From Latin haurientem}}, the {{glossary, present}} {{glossary, participle}} of hauriēns ("drawing (water, etc.); draining"), the present participle of hauriō, t=to draw (water, etc.); to drain, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *h₂ews-, t=dawn; east.Compare {{R:OED Online, pos=adj, id=84649, date=1898}}