In heraldry, describing an animal depicted in a leaping or springing position, sometimes written as 'grassant' or 'passant.'
From Old French 'grassant' (springing, leaping); related to 'grass' meaning to leap; specialized heraldic terminology.
Heraldry preserved medieval French vocabulary in frozen form—words like 'grassant' show how technical languages in art and science can keep ancient words alive like specimens in amber.
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