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1 passant -- rank: 1000

passant definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: in walking ... Webster's adjective Etymology: Middle English passaunt, from Anglo-French passant, from present participle of passer to pass Date: 15th century ... OF, part. of passer PASS(1) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Passant Pas"sant, a. [F., p. pr. of passer. See Pass ... one to another; in circulation; current. [Obs.] Many opinions are passant. --Sir T. Browne. 2. Curs?ry, careless. [Obs.] On a passant rewiew of what I wrote to the bishop. --Sir P ...

2 en passant -- rank: 983

en passant definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: (chess) a ... he made this remark in passing" [syn: in passing, en passant] Merriam Webster's adverb Etymology: French Date: 1665 1. in ... square. Etymology: F, = in passing Webster's 1913 Dictionary En passant En` pas`sant" [F.] In passing; in the course of ... the first of these squares. The pawn which takes en passant is advanced to the threatened square. Soule's Dictionary of ...

3 Counterpassant -- rank: 446

Counterpassant definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary COUNTERPASSANT, a. [counter and passant.] In heraldry, is when two lions in a coat of ... Counterpassant Coun"ter*pas`sant (-p?s"sant), a. [Counter- + passant: cf. F. contrepassant.] (Her.) Passant in opposite directions; -- said of two animals.

4 Leopard -- rank: 352

... called also panther 2. a heraldic representation of a lion passant guardant • leopardess noun Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (fem. leopardess) 1 ... all black coat. Also called PANTHER. 2 Heraldry a lion passant guardant as in the arms of England. 3 (attrib.) spotted ...

5 in passing -- rank: 352

... he made this remark in passing" [syn: in passing, en passant] Merriam Webster's phrasal by the way ; incidentally Moby Thesaurus ... forced marches, by the by, by the way, cursorily, en passant, en route, expeditiously, feverishly, for example, furiously, hand over fist ...

6 Passing -- rank: 223

... drifting, dying, ebb of life, eclipse, egress, elevation, elimination, en passant, enaction, enactment, end, end of life, ending, ennoblement, ephemeral, erasure ...

7 on the way -- rank: 223

... Moby Thesaurus along the way, as one goes, brewing, en passant, en route, forthcoming, going on, in embryo, in hand, in ...

8 offhand -- rank: 223

... care, disregardant, disregardful, disregardfully, distant, easy, easygoing, en famille, en passant, extemporaneous, extemporaneously, extemporarily, extemporary, extempore, familiar, familiarly, flippant, folksy, forgetful ...

9 Incidentally -- rank: 223

... by hazard, by the by, by the way, casually, en passant, for example, for some reason, fortuitously, in passing, in some ...

10 for example -- rank: 223

... as an instance, by the by, by the way, en passant, exempli gratia, for instance, in passing, incidentally, par exemple, parenthetically ...

11 Way -- rank: 223

... life by efforts; to advance successfully. By the way, en passant, as we proceed; a phrase introducing something in discourse, not ...

12 e.p. -- rank: 223

e.p. definitions Oxford Reference Dictionary abbr. Chess en passant.

13 Apropos -- rank: 223

... belonging, by the by, by the way, concerning, dovetailing, en passant, felicitous, fit, fitted, fitting, for example, geared, germane, happy, in ...

14 Enow -- rank: 223

... ENOW, the old plural of enough, is nearly obsolete. EN PASSANT. In passing; by the way. Merriam Webster's adverb or ...

15 Gemel window -- rank: 223

... gemel, under Gemel, a. Two gemels silver between two griffins passant. --Strype. Gemel hinge (Locksmithing), a hinge consisting of an eye ...