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ARM Armourist. One skilled in the science of Coat-armour. Armoye. Charged with coats of Arms. See Lambrequin. Arms. Armorial-bearings, or Coat armour ; consists of the shield and its external ornaments. Arms of Adoption. See Adoption Arms of. Arms of Alliance. See Alliance Arms of. Arms of Assumption. Such as might be legally assumed by one who had made captive any gentleman of higher degree than himself. Arms of Augmentation. See Aug- mentation's. Arms of a Bachelor. Are simply the paternal coat, unless his mother was an Heiress, or Co-Heiress ; then he quarters her arms with the paternal coat. P. 8, f. 21. Arms Baron and Femme. The arms of a man and his wife. See Arms Impaled. Arms of a Baron. Are distinguished by the coronet. See P. i8, f. 21. See also term " Robe " and " Coro- net." Arms of a Baronet. Contain the arms of Ulster, placed in the most conve- nient part of the shield. See Baronet, Arms of a Bishop. See Arms of Office and P. 17, f. 21. Arms Canting, or Punning Arms. See Arms Parlantes. Arms of Community ; those of Bishop- rics, Cities, Universities, Corporate- bodies, etc. Arms of a Commoner and Lady. When a commoner marries a lady of quality, he impales her arms with his own, and also places the lady's arms in a separate shield by the side of the former. If a Peeress in her own right, the husband bear her arms in an escutcheon of pretence, and also places her arms by the side of his own, as shown at P. 20, f. 21. If the lady becomes a widow, she bears her own arms as above, and those of her husband, with her own, in a lozenge, omitting the crest. Arms of Concession. Augmentations granted by the Sovereign, of part of his regalia; e.g. Hen. VIII. granted to Thomas Manners, whom he created Earl of Rutland, on account of being descended from a sister of Edw. IV. The Concession of wearing the Royal Arms upon a Chief. See Augmen- tations. Arms Dimidiated. It was an ancient custom when impaling arms, to cut off a portion of either coat so impaled ; but this being liable to cause great confusion, in fact entirely to destroy the bearing, it has long since ceased to be used in English Heraldry, except in the case of a coat with a bordure, when the bordure is always dimidi- ated. P. 13, f. 43. The arms of the Borough of Gt. Yarmouth CO. Nor. are Dimidiated. See P. 22, f. 18. Arms of Dominion. Those which belong to Sovereigns, Princes, and Commonwealths. Arms of a Duke ; known by the Coro- net. P. 21, f. 21. See term Robe Arms of a Earl ; known by the Coro- net. P. ig, f. 21. Arms of England. See Arms Royal, and P. 31, f. I to II. Arms Feudal. Those annexed to dignified Fees, Dukedoms, Marqui- sates, Earldoms, etc. Arms of an Heiress, or Co-Heiress. The paternal coat borne in a lozenge. If married they are borne on an escutcheon of Pretence, placed in the centre of the husband's shield. P. II, f. 21. P. 20, f. 21. Arms Historical; such as are given to commemorate any great warlike achievements, or diplomatic services. Arms-Impaled. A term to express the arms of a man and his wife, called Baron and Femme. The Shield is divided by a perpendicular line. The Husbands arms are placed on the dexter side and the wiles on the sinister as P. 10, f. 21, and P. 46, f. i. The arms of office are impaled in the same way. See Arms of Office. Arms of a Knight Bachelor. Are borne in a Shield surmounted by a Knight's Helmet. P. 13, f, 21. Arms of A Knight OF ANY Order. Con- sist of his paternal coat in a shield surrounded with the insignia of the Order of which he is a Knight ; and, if married, the arms of his wife must be placed in a distinct shield impaled with his own, as P. 16, f. 21. Arms of a Maid. Are the paternal arms borne in a lozenge. P. g, f. 21. Arms of a Man and his Wife. See Arms Impaled. If the wife dies and the husband'* marries again, he either places the arms of his first