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HERALDRY. 
Maned, is faid when the hair hangs down the necks 
of horfes, unicorns,, tigers, and other animals. 
Mantle, a long robe or cloak of date. Lat. pallium ; 
Fr. manteau. 
Mantlings, ornamental foliage of cloth, ufed for 
adorning helmets, or receiving the efeutcheon or fhield 
of arms in the pannels of a carriage, See. 
Mars, a term ufed inftead of gules, or red, in blazon¬ 
ing the arms of fovereigns. 
Marshal, or Marshalling, a term which figni- 
fies to range and difpofe diverfe coats of arms in one 
Shield, with their contingent ornaments and appurte¬ 
nances. 
Martlet, the diftinguifliing mark of the fourth fon. 
It is likewife a proper charge or bearing, in which cafe 
the number is not limited ; it is reprefented fmall, Tide¬ 
ways, without feet, and with its wings clofe. Lat. 
kirundo ; Fr. kirondellc. 
Mascle, a figure or bearing which reprefents the 
meih of a net. Lat. macula j Fr. made. See Heraldry 
Plate III. fig. 83. 
Membered, a term ufed to exprefs the beak and 
legs of a bird, when of a different tindhtre from the body. 
Mercury, a term ufed inftead of purple, in blazoning 
the arms of fovereigns. 
Metals, the tinftures or and argent, or gold and fil- 
ver, are the metals of heraldry, reprefented in colours by 
white’ and yellow. See the Definitions of Tinctures. 
Moline, a crofs which turns round both ways, at all 
the extremities. 
Montant, the horns of the half-moon turned up¬ 
ward, i. e. toward the chief of the efeutcheon. 
Morion, a fteel cap, or ancient armour for the head, 
relembling the chapeau. 
Mullet, the rowel of a fpur, which confifts of five 
plain points, whereas ftars conlift of fix or more waved 
rays. This is added to coats of arms as a mark of diffe¬ 
rence for the third Ton. Lat. rotula calcaris ■ Fr. molletle. 
Muzzled, is faid of a beaft whofe muzzle-band is 
of a different tincture from his head. 
Naiant, the pofition of fwimming ; and is faid of a 
fi(h in a fwimming pofttire. Lat. natans ; Fr. nageant. 
Naissant, fignifies coming out, and is faid of a lion, 
or other creature, that feeins to be riling out of the 
middle of an ordinary. 
Nebule', cloudy, or reprefenting clouds; and is faid 
of the outlines of any ordinary running in and out. 
Nombril-point, that next below the fefs-point, 
being the oppolite place to the honour-point. 
Nowid, fignifies tied or knotted ; and is faid of fer- 
pents, wyverns, &c. whofe hodies or tails are twilled 
and unfolded like a knot. Lat. ligatus ; Fr. noue. 
Ogres, a term ufed to exprels the black roundlets, 
which are alfo called pellets and gunjlones. 
Ofinicus, a beaft of fanciful invention ; the body 
and fore legs of which are like thofe of a lion ; the head 
and neck like thofe of an eagle; it has wings like thofe 
of a griffin, and a tail like a camel’s. It is the treft of 
the barber-furgeons. 
Or, the heraldic word forgot. In heraldry-engraving 
it is denoted by fmall points all over the field. Lat. 
aurum, aureus, Fr. or. 
Ordinary, a term ufed to denote a certain clafs of 
feledt heraldic figures borne in coats of arms. Ordinaries 
fubordinate, are thofe which follow next in order to the 
principal ordinaries. 
Orle, a border within the ftiield, at fome diftance 
from the edges thereof. Lat. limbus' ; Fr. environ. In- 
orle, is laid of feveral things borne within the elcutcheon, 
in the form of an orle. 
Over-all, this exprefiion is faid of any figure borne 
over others. Lat . fuperinduBum -, Fr. brochant fur le tout. 
Pale, one of the honorable ordinaries. Ldt. palus ; 
- Fr. pal. - 
Pa.levvise, is faid when a charge is difpofed after 
the manner of a pale, 
Pall, a figure like the Greek-Y,- ‘about the breadth 
of a pallet ; it is by fome heralds, called a crofs-pall, on 
account of its being an ecclefiaftical bearing. 
Pallet, one of the diminutives of the pale. Lat. 
palus minor 5 Fr . vergette. 
Paly, denotes a field divided by perpendicular lines 
into four or more equal parts, confiding of two different 
timStures interchangeably difpofed. When the field is 
divided into fix, eight, or ten, div-i lions, palewife, it muff: 
be blazoned Paly of fix, &c. But if the number be 
odd, then the field is to be named firff, and afterward 
the number of pales fpecified. 
Paly-bendy, denotes a field divided both palewife 
and bendwife. 
Parted, or Party, fignifies divided, and is applied 
to all divifions of the field, as follows: Party per Pale, 
is blazoned, by French heralds, Party only : Party per 
Chevron, is Chappe: Party per Fe/s, is Coupe t Party per 
Bend, is Tranche-. Party per Bend-fmifler, is Taille ; which 
is the reverie of the laft. 
Passant, is faid of a lion, or any other animal repre¬ 
fented in a walking pofition. Lat. gradiens ; Fr. pajfant. 
Pa^sant-Gard ant, is faid when an animal is in the 
fame pollure as pajjant, but with his face turned, fo that 
his eyes are both diftindtly feen. 
Pate'e, or Patte'e, a crofs which is fmall in the 
centre, and fo goes on widening to the ends, which are 
very broad. Lat. patens ; Fr .pate. 
Pater-n oster, a charge or bearing formed of beads; 
as a crofs pater-nofter, &c. 
Patonce, a crofs that is nearly flory, i.e. like the 
bottom of a fleur-de-lis, at its extremities. 
Patriarchal, a crofs, lb called, when the middle 
piece is twice crofted, the lower arms being longer, and 
the upper Ihorter. 
Pearl, is ufed for argent, by thofe who blazon th« 
arms of peers by precious fiones, inftead of metals and 
colours’. 
Pean, the name of a tinfhire, which is fable and or. 
Pellets, a name given to the black roundlets. 
Pelleted, any charge or bearing markedWith pel¬ 
lets. 
Phcenix, a celebrated fabulous bird, among the an¬ 
cients, very commonly borne as crelts, or as one of the 
charges. 
Pheon, the head or iron part of a miflile inftrument 
or dart, barbed. The representation of it is frequently 
borne in coats of arms, and termed a Pheon’s head. Lat. 
ferrum jaculi ; Fr. fer de dard. 
Pile, an heraldic figure reprefenting thofe piles on 
which bridges are built, or other edifices raifed from 
the ground. “ Sir Hugh Myddleton, knt. and bart. who 
brought the New-river water to London, bore for his 
arms, originally, Argent, on a bend vert, three wolves 
heads eraled of the field : which he changed to Argent; 
on a pile vert, three vyolves heads of the firft, in memory 
of that undertaking.” Edmond/on's Heraldry, vol. i. p. 166. 
Pily, is faid of a field divided into partitions of the 
form of the pile. 
Plates, a name given to the White or filver round- 
lets. Lat. difeus argenteus ; Fr. tourteau d’argent. 
Pommes, green roundlets blazoned in coats of arms. 
Lat. pomum ; Fr. tourteau vert. 
Pommette 1 , or Pommetty, faid of a crofs, whofe 
extremities terminate with a ball or knob at each end, 
like an apple ; if there be more than one, the number 
muff be mentioned. 
Potent, is faid of a crofs terminating like a T at 
its “upper extremities. 
Potent counter-potent, a field or charge coveted 
with potents counter-placed. 
Powdered, fmall figures, as ermine, irregularly 
ftrewed on.a field. 
Prester John. This is the name aferibed to a-bear¬ 
ing contained in the armorial enfign of the epifcopal lee 
of Chichefter, This figuie of a patriarch fitting on a 
chair.. 
