dexterwise

English

Etymology

dexter +‎ -wise

Adverb

dexterwise (not comparable)

1. (heraldry, archaic) Dexter; on or toward the right-hand side from the wearer's perspective.
   • 1876, The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, page 273:

     [...] on the reverse is a fish, naiant dexterwise; the diameter is 0.02, and the material copper, silver being the only other metal used.

   • 1879, Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), The Journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London, page 165:

     In his day, however, only two types were known, one with an amphora and the other with a goat on the reverse, the obverse of both showing a helmeted head of Pallas facing dexterwise.

   • 1884, Jacob Youde William Lloyd, The History of the Princes, the Lords Marcher, and the Ancient Nobility of Powys Fadog, and the Ancient Lords of Arwystli, Cedewen, and Meirionydd, page 198:

     Or, a lion's gamb, erased dexterwise gules.