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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
 


A charge resembling a drop; the same as the guttée except that it is reversed.
 


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.
 


Alternate Term: Empale

To join two coats of arms palewise. (Also written empale.)
 


Said of two coats of arms shown side by side in the same shield.
 


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.

Bishops, deans, heads of colleges, etc., sometimes impale their own arms with those of their office. (Also written empalement.)
 


an imperial crown
an imperial crown
im-pe"ri-al crown
  1. Imperial crown is properly the crown peculiar to the German emperor, which forms part of the crest of Stokes of Cambridgeshire, though, as already said, in English arms the crown royal of these realms is often so called.
  2. Or, an imperial crown gules – Robinson, Hertford.
    gules, an imperial crown supported by a sword in pale proper hilted and pommelled within a double tressure-flory counter-flory” – Seton, Earl of Winton, 1306-29.

(Italian) A device, a motto; an impress.
 


Azure, three billets, one and two, argent
Azure, three billets,
one and two, argent
Azure, three billets, two and one, argent
Azure, three billets,
two and one, argent
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.
 


Azure, in bend three billets argent
Azure, in bend three
billets argent
in bend
Alternate Term: Bande

When bearings are placed bendwise the term "in bend" is used.
 


Azure, in bend sinister three billets argent
Azure, in bend sinister
three billets argent

When bearings are placed bendwise sinister the term “in bend sinister” is used.
 


Azure, in chevron five billets argent
Azure, in chevron five
billets argent
in chev"ron

When bearings are placed in the formation of a chevron the term “in chevron” is used.
 


Azure, in chief three billets argent
Azure, in chief three
billets argent
in chief

Anything borne in the chief.
 


Azure, in cross five billets argent
Azure, in cross five
billets argent
in kros

When bearings are placed in the formation of a cross the term “in cross” is used.
 


Azure, in fess three billets argent
Azure, in fess three
billets argent
in fess

When bearings are placed in a horizontal in the middle of the shield the term “in fess” is used.
 


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.
 


Said of a peacock affronté, with his tail expanded.
 


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.)
 


Azure, in pale three billets argent
Azure, in pale three
billets argent
in pale

When bearings are placed in a vertical in the middle of the shield the term “in pale” is used.
 


Azure, in pile six billets argent
Azure, in pile six billetsargent
in pile

When bearings are placed in the formation of a pile the term “in pile” is used.
 


This means that four charges are placed at the corners of an imaginary square.
 


Azure, in saltire  five billets argent
Azure, in saltire five
billets argent
in sal"tire

When bearings are placed in the formation of a saltire the term “in saltire” is used.
 


ihn tree'ahn asp'ehkt

Neither passant, nor affronty, but the medium between those positions. Rarely used.
 


in ven-er-a"shun

A figure would be described as being “in veneration” when it is kneeling, as if in prayer.
 


Applied to the boar when borne in a furious or angry position.
 


  1. Said of wild beasts represented with fire issuing from their mouths and ears.
  2. A tern applied to the eyes of any wild creature when represented with fire issuing from them.

A form resembling dovetail joints. This is applied to the lines of division on the borders of ordinaries.
 


an increscent
an increscent
  1. A half moon with the horns turned to the dexter side of the shield.
  2. A term denoting the crescent when represented with its horns toward the dexter side of the shield.

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.
 


a line indented
a line indented
ihn-dehnt'ed
Alternate Term: Dentelle
  1. When the edge is composed of short straight-sided teeth, or serrations; also used for partition lines.
  2. Notched like the teeth of a saw. Applied to partition lines, as well as to some of the ordinaries. It differs from the dancette in that the notches in indented are smaller and apply only to the outer edge, whereas dancette affects the whole ordinary.

(French) Having indents, not joined to each other, but set apart.
 


An ordinary having long indents, somewhat resembling piles conjoined.
 


The conversed of engrailed.
 


Purpure, a pile issuant from the dexter canton argent
Purpure, a pile issuant
from the dexter cantonargent
ihsh'you-ant
  1. Said of a charge rising from the bottom line of a field or chief, or the upper line of a fess, or from a coronet.
  2. Archaic. Emerging.
  3. In heraldry, designating an animal with only the upper part depicted.

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September 9th, 2005