34 COATS OF ARMS. 



Jess'ed. — An opithet for a hawk or ftilcon having the jesses or 

 straps of leather which were used for tying the bells on 

 its legs. 



Lan'gued. — An epithet for the tongue of an animal, when 

 represented of a different tincture from the body. 



Li'oncel. — A small lion. 



Lodged. — A term for a buck, hart, etc., when lying on the 

 ground. 



Mailed.— Speckled, as the feathers of hawks, partridges, etc. 



Mantling. — That appearance of flourishing, or drapery, which 

 is rt'presented about a coat of arras. 



Mar'shalling. — The arranging of several coats of arms be- 

 longing to distinct families in one escutcheon or shield, to- 

 gether with their ornaments. 



Martlets. — Little birds, like swallows, but with short tufts of 

 feathers instead of legs. It is the difference or distinction 

 of a fourth son. 



Mot'to. — A word or short sentence put to an emblem or device, 

 or to a coat of arms in a scroll at the bottom of the es- 

 cutcheon. 



Mound. — A ball or globe with a cross upon it, such as mon- 

 archs are usually represented as holding in the left hand. 



Mullet. — ^A figure in shape like the rowel of a spur, used as 

 the filial distinction of the third son. 



Nai'ant. — -An epithet for fish that are borne across the es- 

 cutcheon as if swimming. 



Nais'sant, — A term applied to any animal issuing out of the 

 midst of some ordinary, and showing only its head, shoul- 

 ders, fore feet, and legs, with the tip of its tail. 



Nom'bril. — The centre of an escutcheon. 



Onglee. — An appellation given to the talons or claws of beasts 

 or birds, when borne of a different tincture from that of 

 the body of the animal. 



Or'dinary. — A portion of the escutcheon, included between 

 straight or other lines. 



Pale. — One of the greater ordinaries, being a broad perpen- 

 dicular stripe in an escutcheon. 



Palisse.— A bearing like a range of palisades before a fortifi- 

 cation, represented on a fesse, rising up a considerable 

 height, and pointed at the top, with the field appearing 

 between them. 



Pallet. — The diminutive of a pale, being one-half of its breadth. 



