issuant adjective. ['ɪʃ(j)ʊǝnt, 'ɪsjʊ-] E17.
[from ISSUE verb + -ANT¹, after French pres. pples in -ant.]
1. Heraldry. Esp. of an animal of which the upper half alone is visible: rising from the base of a chief, or (less usually) from another bearing or from the base of an escutcheon. E17.

2. Issuing or proceeding from a place or source. Now rare. M17.

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