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i'behks
Probably the same as the Antelope in tricking arms. The Antelope?s horns point backwards, the ibex?s forwards according to some references
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A charge resembling a drop; the same as the guttée except that it is reversed.
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The Marks of Illegitimacy are varied, and in early examples are scarcely to be distinguished from marks of difference. The earliest known instance in English heraldry is the six lioncels borne by William Longspee, derived from his father, Henry II. Sir John Lovell le Bastard (in the roll of Edward II) bore Lovell, with a label azure. The cognizance of the Black Prince, the three ostrich plumes, became part of the arms of his natural son, Sir Roger Clarendon. Arthur Viscount Lisle, son of Edward IV, placed a baton over his father's arms. In some cases a baton sinister was used, and sometimes it was a border. The descendants of Charles II use the whole arms with a baton sinister or border; those of William IV the baton. With the house of Bourbon the baton distinguished the cadets, while the baton sinister marked the illegitimates.
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Alternate Term: Empale
To join two coats of arms palewise. (Also written empale.)
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Said of two coats of arms shown side by side in the same shield.
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Alternate Term: Empalement
The marshaling or arranging of two coats of arms on one shield, divided palewise, or by a vertical line. When a husband impales his arms with those of his wife, his generally occupy the dexter side, while the wife's take the sinister. This was not always the case, however. In the impaled shield of John of Gaunt his wife, daughter of Peter of Castile and Leon, occupies the dexter; and the same is true of William Daiziel.
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im-pe"ri-al crown
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in bar
Charges arranged in two or more rows. It differs from in fess in that the latter term signifies charges in a single row.
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in bend
Alternate Term: Bande
When bearings are placed bendwise the term "in bend" is used.
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When bearings are placed bendwise sinister the term in bend sinister is used.
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in chev"ron
When bearings are placed in the formation of a chevron the term in chevron is used.
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in chief
Anything borne in the chief.
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in kros
When bearings are placed in the formation of a cross the term in cross is used.
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in fess
When bearings are placed in a horizontal in the middle of the shield the term in fess is used.
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Said of an eagle crowned and holding a scepter. The idea is like that of a pelican in its piety, or peacock in his pride.
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Said of a peacock affronté, with his tail expanded.
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in orle
Said when the charges are placed round the escutcheon, leaving the middle of the field vacant, or occupied by something else. (Said of bearings arranged on the shield in the form of an orle.)
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in pale
When bearings are placed in a vertical in the middle of the shield the term in pale is used.
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in pile
When bearings are placed in the formation of a pile the term in pile is used.
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This means that four charges are placed at the corners of an imaginary square.
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in sal"tire
When bearings are placed in the formation of a saltire the term in saltire is used.
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ihn tree'ahn asp'ehkt
Neither passant, nor affronty, but the medium between those positions. Rarely used.
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in ven-er-a"shun
A figure would be described as being in veneration when it is kneeling, as if in prayer.
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Applied to the boar when borne in a furious or angry position.
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A form resembling dovetail joints. This is applied to the lines of division on the borders of ordinaries.
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A name sometimes given to azure in ancient blazonry. The only reason or excuse for the use of the word seems to be that azure represents sapphire, and India was the principal source of supply for those gems.
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ihn-dehnt'ed
Alternate Term: Dentelle
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(French) Having indents, not joined to each other, but set apart.
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An ordinary having long indents, somewhat resembling piles conjoined.
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The conversed of engrailed.
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ihsh'you-ant
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