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 AGO ALI Acorn. The seed or fruit of the Oak. WhePx the husk is of a different colour, it must be named, as an Acorn naming the colour, husked and stalked of such a colour. P. 44, f. 54. Acorn. Slipped and leaved. P. 44, f. 52. AcoRNE. See Attired. AcoRNED, or Fructed. The Oak Tree so termed when represented with Acorns upon it. P. 45, f. 31. Acute angled, or beviled. P. i. Adam, or Naked Figure. P. 22, f. 7. Sec Term Man, Adder. An Adder obturant his ear, or stopping his ear v/ith his tail. P. 30, f.43. Adders-tongue. A olant whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue. P. 44, f. 21. Addice, Adze. A coopers tool. P. 44, f. 32. Additions of Honour. Honourable Augmentations (which see) granted by the Sovereign. Addorsed, or Addorsy. See Adorsed. Addosse. Same as Adorsed. Adentre. Accosted on the outer side. Adextre. i.e. on the dexter side. Adoption. Arms of. Are the arms of another family, borne either singular, or quartered with, those of the pa,ternal coat, e.g. If a jjerson by will, adoi^t a stranger to j)osseso his name p.,nd estates, the person so adopted, applies for a special warrant to the Sovereign, to empower him to carry out the will of the Ado2:)ter, and thereby assume his name and arms. If however the adopted, be of more noble blood and family than the adopter, he is not obliged to disuse his own name or arms but, in case he be of an inferior family, he is compelled to assume the name and arms of the adopter. Adorned. Decorated as a cap etc., ornamented with feathers etc. P. 40, f-53- Adorsed, Addorsed, Adorssed, Adorse, Adosse, or Adossed. All these terms are better expressed by the word Endorsed. These terms are all used by different writers to express the same thing, i.e when any two bearings are placed back to back. P. 26, f. 15; p. ^1, f. 29 ; p. 42, f. 10 and 12; p. 29, f. 44. Advancers. The top shoots from the attire of a stag. Adventail. a Coat of Arms. Adumbrated. An3^thing painted in shadow, properly termed In Relief, where the figures are always of the same colour with the ground, and thrown out by the shading. Adze. An instrument used by Coopers, Wheelwrights, etc. P. 44, f. 32. ^gis. The shield of Pallas on the boss of which was the head of ]Ie- dusa. P. 43, f. 58. ^SCULAPIUS ROD OF. P. 30, f. 57. A rod entwined by a snake, which was the form assumed by Esculapius, the God of healing, when he was brought from Greece to Eome in a season of great sickness. African. See Moor. Afronte, Affrontee, Affronted, or Affrontant. When the head of a man, lion, etc., is represented fullface. P. 26, f. 50. Affronte-sejant. p. 26, f. 43. Agacella. The Gazelle, an elegantly formed species of Antelope. Agnus Dei. Holy, or Paschal Lamb. P. 29, f. 4. AiGLON, or Aiglette. a small eagle. Aiguise, Aiguisee, or Equise. The same as pointed. See Cross-Aiguise. P. 9, f. 45. Ailes. Wings. AiLETTS. Small escutcheons affixed to the shoulders of an armed Knight. P. 39, f. 20, No. 3. AiNENT. Running ; applied to beasts. Aisle. Winged. AjouRE. The same as voided, v^-hen a2-)plied to an}^ of the ordinaries, or parts of them, denoting that the field is seen through, as a Fesse crenellee ajoure of the field. P. 4, f. 16 ; p. 22, f. 9. Alaisee, or Alisee. Applied to an ordinary, when cut off, so as not to touch the sides of the shield ; the common and better term is Humettee. P. 4, f. I. Alant, Aland, or Alaunt. A sort of Mastiif. P. 29, f. 12. A-la-Quise, or Cuisse. A term ap- plied to an eaghi's leg erased at the thigh. P. 33, f. 21. Alberia. a plain white shield. Albert-Medal. See Medal. Albert. Prince Coronet of. P. 25a, f. 3 and 4. Alce. The Male Griffin. P. 27, f. 6. Alder. A Tree. P. 45, f. 45. Alembic, Alembick, Limbeck, or Still. A Utensil of the Distillery. P. 39, f. 30, No. 2 Alferez. An ensign. Alice, or Alce. The Male Gr3^phon. P. 27, f. 6. Aliece, or Alaize. See Alaisee.