a. [ L. hauriens, p. pr. of haurire to breathe. ] (Her.) In pale, with the head in chief; -- said of the figure of a fish, as if rising for air. [ 1913 Webster ]
(n) a large plateau that occupies more than 40% of the land area of Canada; it extends from the Great Lakes northward to the Arctic Ocean, Syn. Canadian Shield, Laurentian Highlands