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Webster 1913 Edition
Passant
1.
Passing from one to another; in circulation; current.
[Obs.]
Many opinions are
passant
. Sir T. Browne.
2.
Curs[GREEK]ry, careless.
[Obs.]
On a
passant
rewiew of what I wrote to the bishop. Sir P. Pett.
3.
Surpassing; excelling.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
4.
(Her.)
Walking; – said of any animal on an escutcheon, which is represented as walking with the dexter paw raised.