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- Heraldry - n. - The art or office of a herald; the art, practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also, of marshaling cavalcades, processions, and public ceremonies.
- Waved - a. - Having undulations like waves; -- said of one of the lines in heraldry which serve as outlines to the ordinaries, etc.
- Vair - n. - The skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century as fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by writers of that period in describing the costly dresses of kings, nobles, and prelates. It is represented in heraldry by a series of small shields placed close together, and alternately white and blue.
- Unicorn - n. - A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often represented in heraldry as a supporter.
- Armory - n. - That branch of heraldry which treats of coat armor.