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- Heraldic - a. - Of or pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as, heraldic blazoning; heraldic language.
- Heraldically - adv. - In an heraldic manner; according to the rules of heraldry.
- Membered - a. - Having legs of a different tincture from that of the body; -- said of a bird in heraldic representations.
- Fleur-de-lis - n. - A conventional flower suggested by the iris, and having a form which fits it for the terminal decoration of a scepter, the ornaments of a crown, etc. It is also a heraldic bearing, and is identified with the royal arms and adornments of France.
- Cleche - a. - Charged with another bearing of the same figure, and of the color of the field, so large that only a narrow border of the first bearing remains visible; -- said of any heraldic bearing. Compare Voided.
- Heraldic - a. - Of or pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as, heraldic blazoning; heraldic language.
- Emblazoning - n. - The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings.
- Emblazon - v. t. - To depict or represent; -- said of heraldic bearings. See Blazon.
- Emblazonry - n. - The act or art of an emblazoner; heraldic or ornamental decoration, as pictures or figures on shields, standards, etc.; emblazonment.
- Blazon - n. - The art or act of describing or depicting heraldic bearings in the proper language or manner.
- Purflew - n. - A border of any heraldic fur.
- Heraldically - adv. - In an heraldic manner; according to the rules of heraldry.
- Griffon - n. - A representation of this creature as an heraldic charge.
- Nebuly - a. - Composed of successive short curves supposed to resemble a cloud; -- said of a heraldic line by which an ordinary or subordinary may be bounded.
- Subordinary - n. - One of several heraldic bearings somewhat less common than an ordinary. See Ordinary.
- Cross - n. - A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration, above.
- Device - n. - Improperly, an heraldic bearing.
- Device - n. - An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance.
- Armorial - a. - Belonging to armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of a family.
- Legend - n. - An inscription, motto, or title, esp. one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon an heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration.
- Blazon - n. - An heraldic shield; a coat of arms, or a bearing on a coat of arms; armorial bearings.