invecked, ppl. a.
(ɪnˈvɛkt)
Also 5 inveckit, 6 envecked.
[f. inveck for invect, L. invect-us, pa. pple. of invehĕre (see inveigh) + -ed: cf. invected.]
Bordered by or consisting (as an edge) of a series of small convex lobes (see quot. 1610). Chiefly in Her.
| 1496 Bk. St. Albans, Her. C iv b, Portat vnam crucem planam inuectam de coloribus albis et nigris..He beareth..a cros of Siluer and Sable inuekkyt. Ibid. D iij a, The wich..ar calde armis quarterit inueckit or of colowris inueckyt, for in them..oon colowre is inuehit in to an othir. 1562 Leigh Armorie (1579) 31 b, He beareth sable, a crosse enuecked Argent. 1610 J. Guillim Heraldry i. v. (1660) 27 As the former [ingrailed] doth dilate itself by way of incroaching into the Field, contrariwise this doth contract itself by inversion of the points into itself; in regard whereof..it..is called Invecked. 1677 Plot Oxfordshire 144 These leaves of ours being all invecked, whereas the Trachelia are all indented. 1836 Baines Hist. Lancs. III. 183 The eastern window [of Whalley Church]..is invecked with ramified tracery. 1889 N. & Q. 7th Ser. VII. 97/1 It..reveals an under coat of pale blue with invecked edges. |