ABA'SED, pp. Reduced to a low state, humbled, degraded.
In heraldry, it is used of the wings of eagles, when the tops are turned downwards towards the point of the shield or when the wings are shut, the natural way of bearing them being spread, with the top pointing to the chief of the angle.
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