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 CAP 26 CHA Cap-a-pie. i.e. completely armed from head to foot. A Chevalier armed Cap-a-pie P. 30, f. 27. Cap. Various descriptions of Caps are found in Armoury. P. 40, f. 49^ to 60. Also the cap of velvet which covers the head within the rirn, or circle of the crown, as that of Peers. P. 24, f. I to 5, and f. 42 to 46. Cap of Dignity, or Maintenance. Also termed a Ducipher. See Chapeau Cap of the Lord Mayor of London. P. 40, f. 56. Caparisoned. A term to express a War-horse completely accoutred, or armed for the field. Capital. The head of a column. P. 43, f. 50. Capital Cross. P. 10, f. 22. Cappeline. See Lambrequin. Capon. A cock without wattles, etc. Carbuncle. See Escarbuncle. Card. The four ace cards. P. 22, f. 20. Borne in the arms of the Card Makers' Company. Card. A Wool-card. P. 40, f. 10. Cardinal's Cap, or Hat. P. 40, f. 60. A Cardinal's Hat is red, The Archbishops of France bear a hat of this description over their arms, but its colour is vert, and it has only four rows of tassels ; Abbots bear the same sable with three rows of tassels. Careering, or Cariering. Applied to a horse in a position of a lion saliant. Carnat. Flesh coloured. Carnation, or Pink. A flower. P. 44, f. 20. Carp. A fish, P. 32, f. 29. Carpenter's-compasses. An instru- ment consisting of two pointed legs or branches joined at tlie top. P. 41, f. 31. Carpenter's-square. p. 41, f. 23. Cartouche. An oval shield. Cart-Wheel. p. 41, f. 53. Cask, Barrel, or Tun. P. 39, f. 37. Casque. A helmet, generally without a visor. Cassowary. See Emu. Casterense Crown. See Crown Palisado. Castle. The emblem of safety. Castles are of different forms fn armoury, when mentioned as Castles are always borne as at P. 23, f. 7. If the cement is of a different tincture from the Castle itself, it must be named, and the castle is said to be masoned of such a tinc- ture. The Windows and Ports, when of a different colour, must be expressed ; when supposed to be open, they should be described " voided of the field." When the port is defended by a portcullis it must be named in the blazon. Examples of Castles. See P. 23. Cat. The domestic Cat occurs as an Heraldic bearing, borne by Catton, etc. Cat-a-Mountain, or Wild-Cat. The emblem of vigilance and courage. P. 28, f. 26 and f. 27. Cat, Civet. See Civet-Cat. P. 28, f. 28. Caterfoil, or Quaterfoil. Four leaved grass. P. 44, f. 16. Double Caterfoil. f. 13. Caterfoil, or Quarterfoil Slipped. P. 44, f. 16, No. 2 and 3. Catherine-Wheel. So called from St. Catherine whom the pagans at- tempted to put to death by a wheel of this kind, P. 41, f. 54. Catoose, or Scroll. Anciently written scrowle ; a Cross Catoose, or Catoosed. P, 11, f, 31, Caude, See Coward. Caul, or Cowl. A Monk's-hood. P. 36, Cave. Wild animals are sometimes met with in Coat Armour, represented as issuing from a Cave. P. 2, f. 51. Ceckko, or Checche. An ancient term for Chequy, Cedar. An evergreen tree. P. 45, f. 44. Celestial Crown. P. 24, f, 33, Celestial Globe, or Sphere, P. 39, f. 5. Centaur. An imaginary creature representing half a man and half a horse. P. 27, f. 40. Centre, or centre-point. The middle or fesse point. Cercele, Cercelee, or Recercelee. Applied to a Cross curling at the ends. P. II, f. 32. Cercle. Within a circle or diadem, or having a diadem. Ceres. The Goddess of Corn, repre- sented holding a garb of corn in dexter arm and sickle in the sinister hand. Cerise. A Torteau. Chabot. a fish. P. 32, f, 45, Chad, St, Cross of. P. 11, f. 13. Chafant. Enraged applied to the wild boar. Chaffinch. A bird. P. 34, f. 54.