42'2 HERAi 
Fusil, a figure longer, and more acute, than the 
lozenge. Lat. fufut ; Fr . fufil. 
Fusilly, a field or ordinary covered with fufils. 
Gamb, denotes the whole fore-leg of a lion, or other 
creature, borne in coats of arms. If it is couped or 
erafed near the middle joint, it is called a paw. It pro¬ 
perly ferves to denote ftrength. Lat. eras; Fr.jambe. 
See Plate V. fig. 70. 
Garb, or Garbe, fignifies a fheaf of any kind of corn. 
~Ldt. fafciculus ; Fr. gerbe. 
Gardant, denotes a-lion or other animal full-faced, 
or looking right forward. 
Garnished, is iifed to exprefs the ornament fet on 
any charge whatfoever. 
Garter, the title of the principal king of arms in 
England. Lat. garterus ; Fr.jarretiere. 
Garter, according to Englilh heralds, is one of the 
diminutives of the bend. 
Gauntlet, armour for the hand, which was a kind of 
glove covered with iron plates, formerly ufed for defence. 
See Plate V. fig. 71. 
Gaze, is faid of bucks and flags {landing with a full 
face, and their four feet on the ground. 
Gemels, fignifies double, and is therefore ufed to de¬ 
note a double bar. Lat. geminus ; Fr .jumelle. 
Gobone'. See Compone'. 
: Golpes. See the defeription afterthe articleTiNC- 
tures. 
Gorged, is faid of any animal that has a collar about 
its neck, 
Griffin, Griffon, or Gryphon, a fabulous ani¬ 
mal, faid to be generated between the lion and the eagle, 
and very early introduced into armory. 
Guardant. See Gardant. 
Guard, ufed by fome heralds to fignify the doublings 
of the mantles of the nobility. 
Gules, the heraldic term for red ; reprefented in the 
engravings by perpendicular lines. 
Gutte', a term ufed to denote a field or bearing full 
of drops, thus diftinguifhed in blazonry; as,— Or: Gutte 
d’or: Drops of liquid gold.— Arg. Gutte d'eau: Drops 
of water.— Gul. Gutte defang: Drops of blood.—Azu. 
Gutte de larmes: Drops of tears.— Ver. Gutte de vert: 
Drops of oil of olives.— Sab. Gutte depoix: Drops of 
liquid pitch. See Plate I. 
Guzes, roundlets of a fanguine colour. Thefe have 
been fo called by none but Englilh heralds ; all others 
calling them tourteaux, as they do other roundlets, 
Gyron, an heraldic figure of a triangular form. Lat. 
euneus; Fr. giron. See Plate III. fig. 32. 
G yronne', a field divided into fix, eight, or ten, tri¬ 
angular parts in the form of a gyron, of two different 
tinctures, the points uniting in the centre of the field. 
Lat. cuneatus-, Fr. gironne. 
Habited, denotes any figure clothed. 
FIatchment, the coat of arms of a perfon deceafed, 
nfually placed on the front of a houfe, whereby may 
be known what rank the.deceafed perfon w'as of, when 
living ; and diffinguifhed in.fitch a manner as to enable 
the beholder to know whether he was a bachelor, married 
man, or widower; with fimilar diftinftions for women. 
Haurient, a term peculiar to fifties, denoting their 
pofition to be ereft, as if fucking in the air. 
Helmet, a cover for the head, lu achievements it 
is placed above the efcutcheon, as its principal orna. 
ment; and they vary according to the different degrees 
of thole who bear them. They are alfo ufed as a bear¬ 
ing in coats of arms. Lat. galea ; Fr. cafque. 
Heightened, is faid of a bearing, when decorated or 
ornamented by a charge placed above it. 
Honour-point, that part which is next above the 
exatl centre of the ilneld or efcutcheon. 
Hooded, .any.creature whofe head-drefs refembles a 
hood. Lat. calyp'tratus ; Fr . ckapperonne. 
Humet-.te', an ordinary which is couped, or cut off. 
LDRY. 
and no where reaches to the edges of the efcutcheon, 
fuch as croffes, felTes, &c. 
Hurte', fprinkled with hurts. 
Hurts, roundlets of the azure colour. 
Hyacinth, ufed by fome heraldifts to exprefs, tenne, 
in blazoning the arms of the nobility. Lat. hyacinthus j 
Fr . jacinthe. 
Jess ant, a term which fignifies Jhooting forth, as ve¬ 
getables do ; and is ufed in blazoning, to exprefs the 
bearing of fleurs-de-lis coming out of any other bearing ; 
and alfo of a lion, tiger, &c. iffuing from the centre of 
a fefs, &c. Lat. nafeens-, Fr. ijfant. 
Jessed, is faid of a hawk, or any other bird, whofe 
jelfes, i. e. fraps of leather, are of a tincture different from 
the reft. 
Jelloped, a term ufed to fignify the gills of a cock 
are of a different timSture from the reft. 
Imbattled, the fame with crenelle ; and is faid of 
towers, walls, and ordinaries, when their outlines are 
drawn like battlements. Lat . pinnalus •, Er. crenelle. ■ 
Imbowed. SeeEMBOWED. 
Imbrued, is faid of fpears heads fpotted with blood. 
Impale, to enjoin two coats of arms palewife; wo¬ 
men impale their coats of arms with thofe of their huf- 
bands. 
Incensed, is faid of leopards and panthers, when 
depidted with fire iffuing from their mouths and ears. 
Lat. incinfus ; Fr. fambe. 
Increment, this is faid of a moon increfcent ; for a 
moon in her increment impliesthe fame meaning. 
Increscent, a moon whofe horns are turned toward 
the dexter fide of the efcutcheon. 
Indented, figures or ordinaries which have their out¬ 
ward lines drawn iike teeth, and much fmaller than the 
dancette. Lat. dtntatus-, Fr. danche. 
Inescutcbeon, a final!* efcutcheon borne within, 
the fhield, or upon an ordinary. 
Ingrailed. See Engrailed. 
Interlaced, is applied in blazoning annulets, rings, 
crefcents, &c. that are linked together fimilar to the 
links of a chain. 
Invected, is the reverfe of engrailed ; it has the 
points toward the outer parts of the efcutcheon, and 
the fmall arches or femicircles toward the centre of the 
field. Lat. inveElus ; Fr. cornelle. 
Inverted, is applied to any bearing turned the 
wrong way. Wings are faid to be inverted when their 
points are downward. 
Irradiated, decorated with apparent rays or beams 
of light. Lat. radiatus ; Fr. rayonn'e. 
Issuant, this is laid of rays, or other charges, com¬ 
ing out of any part of the efcutcheon. 
Jupiter, a term ufed inftead of azure by fuch heralds- 
as chufe to blazon thus the arms of fovereigns and 
princes, inftead of by metals and colours. 
Label, the mod honorable mark of difference, ferv- 
ing to diftinguilh the coat of arms of the eldeft foil from- 
the younger. Lat. lambella 5 Fr . lambtl. 
Langued, a term ufed to fignify the tongue of a bird 
or beaft, when it differs in tincture from the body. 
Lioncel, a young lion; ufed in blazoning arms, 
when there are more than one lion in the fame field. 
Lodged, is ufed to denote the fame pofture of beads- 
of chafe, as couchant is for thofe of prey. 
Lozenge, a figure refembling the ace of diamonds.;, 
and the form of the fhield on which (ingle ladies and wi¬ 
dows bear their coats of arms. Lat. plinthium .; Fr. lozenge. 
Lozenge', covered alternately with lozenges of two 
different tinctures. 
Luna, a term ufed by fome heralds inftead oi argent, 
in blazoning the arms of fovereigns. 
Lure, two wings conjoined, and inferted with the 
tips downward. See Plate VI. fig. 102. 
Manche, a feeve ; which is borne in fome armories. 
Lat. maniea-, Fr. manche. 
j Maned, 
