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 cou 36 cou FESSY, or CHANGED. Counter-embattled, Imbattled, or BATTLED. When both top and bottom are embattled. P. 3, f. 9. EMBOWED. When the arm is bent with the elbow towards the sinister. P. 36, f. 20 and 21. EMBOWED. Bent contrary ways one to another. P. 36, f. 18. ERMINE. Ermines. P. i. Escartele. See Counter-Cartele. FACED, or Contreface. Same as barry per pale counterchanged. P. 5, f. 13. BARRY PER PALE COUNTER- P. 5, f. 13. FLEURY, or counter-fleurie. See CoUNTER-FLORY. FLORY, COUNTER-FLEURY, CoNTRE- FLEURE, or CONTREFLEURONNE. When the edges of anything are charged with fleur-de-lis, alternately placed, as txie trcssurc liory counter- flory. P. 35, _f. 16. See P. 3, f. 20. P. 17, f. 14. A Fesse and Bend Flory Counter-flory. FLOWERED, Or FLURTY. Same as Counter-flory, or floretty. GoBONY. Same as Counter-Com- pony. P. 4, f. 43. _ NAiANT. Fishes sv/imming in oppo- site directions. P. 32, f. 16. NEBULEE. When both edges Fesse, Bend, etc., are nebuled. f. 4; P. 15, f. 26. NUAGE. P. 18, f. 7. PALE, or PALY OF SIX COUNTER- CHANGED. P. 22, f. 42. PALED. Is when the escutcheon is divided into pales parted per-fesse, the two colours being coimterchanged so that the upper and lower are of different colours, P. 22, f. 42. PASSANT. Walking in contrary direc- tions, as two lions passant counter- passant. P. 26, f. 36. PENDANT. Hanging on each side. POINTED. Same as counter-point. P. 15, f. 44. POTENT. One of the Furs. P. i. Also termed Cuppa. P. 22, f. 40. POTENTE QUARTERED, Or QUARTERLY QUARTERED. Also termed Contre- cartele. Same as counter-escartele. See Counter-Cartele. QUARTERED. As Quarterly, quartered. P. 7, f. II. of a P-3, RAGULED P. 17, f. 26. Ragule d on both sides Counter-salient, or contre saillant. When two animals are borne, leaping contraryways from each other, as Two Foxes counter-salient in -saltier. P. 29, f. 10. Counter-scallopee, or scalloped. Covered with escallop-shells, laid like the scales of fish. P. 18, f. 7. Counter-triangle. Same as barry indented. P. 2, f. 36. CoUNTER-TRIPPANT, or TRIPPING. A term applied to all animals of the deer kind when walking in opposite directions. P. 28, f. 53. COUNTER-VAIR, VAIRY, Or VERRY. OllC of the Furs, depicted as at P. i. CouNTERLY. A term used by some authors to express the field divided into two equal parts ; the same as party per pale, or per-pale. CouNTESS. The title and rank of the wife of an Earl, she is styled " My Lady" is "Right Honourable" and her Coronet the same as her husband's. Coupee. The same as Couped. CouPEE-CLOSE. Same as Couple-close. Coupe parted, or couped biparted. W^hen anything is cut ofi^, or notched, shewing two projecting pieces ; but contrary to what is called erased, v/hich is jagged by being torn oft. Couped, or Coupy. A term to express the head or limbs of men, animals, or any, charge v.^lien evenly cut off, as P. 20, f. 22 ; P. 26, f. 30 ; P. 27, f. 39. Couped at the shoulders. P. 36, f- 45- Couped belov/ the shoulders. P. 36, f- 37- Couped close. Cut off close to the head. P. 29, f. 32. Couped pitched. P. 9, f. 15. Coupe, or Coupee. Couped. Couple. Used instead of pair. Couple-close. A diminutive of the cheveron P. 15, f. 3 and alwaj-s borne in pairs, f. 4, and f. 38. Coupled. A term applied to charges borne in pairs, joined or linked to- gether as two annulets coupled, or conjoined. P. 37, f. 35. Couples. As borne on the Supporters of Lord Hindlip. P. 43, f. 59. CouPY. Couped. CouRANT, Cursant, or Current. Terms for a horse, buck, greyhound, etc. borne running, they are also said to be in full course. P. 19, f. 28 ; P. 21, f. 44 ; P. 28, f. 46 ; P. 29, f. 5.