![]() Pierced - Perforated and showing the field or some other tincture through the hole Phoenix - Represented as an eagle issuing from flames Pellet - A black roundle pellete, pellety, scattered with pellets Over all - Of a charge when it is borne over all others Mount - A hillock, usually in the base of a shield Mill-rind - The iron affixed to the centre of a millstone it sometimes takes the form of a cross moline Masoned - Used in referring to the cement or other binding material in a piece of masonry or brickwork Maned - Refers to the mane of a lion, horse, etc. Mace - Originally a weapon, now a symbol of judicial or civic authority Lined - Having an inside lining also having cords or chains attached, as to a collar Langued - Used when referring to the tongue of a creature Jessant-de-lis - Having a fleur-de-lis shooting forth Jessant - Shooting forth, as plants from earth Inverted - Upside down of wings when the tips are downwards Increscent - Of a crescent when the horns are to the dexter Incensed - Having fire issuing from the mouth and ears In splendor - Of the sun when shown (as normally) with its rays In point - Charges arranged pilewise so as almost to meet in the base of the shield In lure - Of two wings joined, tips downwards, like a hawk's lure Hurt - A blue roundle hurte, hurty, scattered with hurts Hilted - Used in referring to the grip and cross-piece of a sword Heater Shield - The most popular shield for armorial display, having the shape of the base of a flat iron Heraldry - The heraldry of a specific organization consists of its emblem, motto (if any), its designation, and the shield of an establishment or the disc of a unit Hauriant - Of a fish erect with head upwards, as though drawing in air Gunstone, Gunshot - A black roundle pellet ![]() ![]() Gules - Red (from Arabic gul, a red rose), abbreviated GU ![]() ![]() Guardant - Of a beast with its head turned so as to face the observer Gorged - Encircled round the neck or throat Garb - A sheaf of corn English "corn" is our wheat Addorser - Back to back said of beasts, etc., and of wings so placed also EndorsedĪffronte - Of a beast or object so placed to show its full front to the observer sometimes used as a synonym for guardant (q.v.)Īrched - In the form of an arch also, EnarchedĪrgent - Silver, usually represented as whiteĪrmed - Of beasts, monsters and birds in reference to teeth, talons, horns and claws when applied to men or human limbs it is synonymous with armoured also applied to arrowsīarb - Applied to the leaf-like sepals appearing between the petals of the heraldic rose also to the head of an arrowīeaked - Of the beaks of birds or monstersīearing - Any heraldic device or figure borne in armsīelled - Having a bell or bells attached, e.g., a falconīlazon - The technical description of heraldic insignia the word should not be applied to painted arms which are emblazonmentsĬaboshed - Of an animal's head affronte and cut off so as to show no part of the neckĬaduceus - The staff of Mercury, consisting of a ball-headed rod, winged, and entwined with two serpentsĬentaur - The man-horse of mythology, represented with bow and arrow also termed Sagittarius or SagittaryĬharge - Any object or figure placed on an heraldic shield or on any other object in an armorial composition the shield or other object on which the charge is placed is said to be chargedĬlose - Of a bird when the wings lie close to the bodyĬrenallated - Embattled the aperatures are the crenelles or embrasured, and the pieces of wall which rise between them are merlonsĬubit arm - A hand or arm couped below the elbowĭecrescent - Of a crescent when the horns are to the sinisterĭemi - The upper of front half is always understood, unless the contrary is statedĭexter - The right-hand side of the shield from the standpoint of the man behind itĭisplayed - Having the wings expanded unfoldedĮmblem - An officially approved symbolic design portraying the distinctive history, mission, and general function of an organizationĮlement - A symbol or group of symbols portraying a single characteristic, trait, or conceptĮlevated - Raised of wings of birds, etc.Įnhanced - Raised above the normal positionĮrased - Torn off (arrache) and leaving ragged edgesĮrect - Set upright, in a vertical positionĮstablishment - Any organization with a constituted headquarters, at group level or higherĮstoile - A star estoile, scattered with the starsįasces - The lictor's axe in its bundle of rods sometimes found in the arms of judgesįeathered, or Flighted - Applied to an arrowįimbriated - Having a narrow edging of a different tincture from the rest of the charge ![]()
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