invected

invected
/in vek"tid/, adj. Heraldry.
1. noting an edge of a charge, as an ordinary, consisting of a series of small convex curves.
2. (of a charge, as an ordinary) having such an edge: a chevron invected. Cf. engrailed.
[1635-45; < L invect(us) driven into (see INVECTIVE) + -ED2]

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