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 FAL F'alcon, or Hawk In Heraldry is always represented close as P. 33, f 31, if not mentioned to the con- trary, and usually borne with bells on its legs, when it is termed a Falcon belled If represented with hood, virols, or rings, and leashes, then it is said to be hooded, jessed, and leashed, and the colours must be named. For examples of Falcons see P. 33, f. 31 to 35. Falconers, or Hawking Gloves. P. 43, f. 44. Falcon's Bells. P. 43, f. 17. Falcon's leg erased at the thigh, belled, jessed and varvelled. P. 33, f. 34. Falcon's Lure. P. 43, f. 16. See Hawk's lure. Falcon's Perch, or Rest. P. 43, f. 18. False. Voided. An Orle is blazoned as a "false escutcheon" by the early Heialds. An Annulet, as a False Roundle. A Cross voided, as a False Cross. False Heraldry. That which is con- trary to the rules of the science. Fan. a well-known hand ornament used by ladies to cool themselves by agitating the air. As in the armorial bearings of the Fan-Makers' Com- pany. P. 36, f. 14. Fan, Winnowing Basket, Shruttle, or Fruttle. A Fan by which the chaff is blown away. P. 39, f. 16. Fang-tooth. P. 42, f. 52. Farsoned. The projecting, or coping stone of a battlement. P. 23, f. 17. Fasce, or Fasicle. The same as faggot. Fascis. The Roman-Fasces, or Lictors rods. A bundle of polished rods, in the middle of which was an axe, to express the power of life and death. It was carried before the Eoman Consuls, by the lictors, as an ensign of the superior magistrates. The Fasces are now frequently given to those who have held magisterial offices. P. 43, f. 6. Fascia. A Fesse. Fascines. Fagots of small wood bound by withes, used in military opera- tions. P. 43, f. 36. Fasciol^ Gemellae, and Fasciolae Du- plices. Is the same as Bar-gemel. P. 5, f. 5. Faux-roundlets. Roundlets voided of the field, i.e. an annulet. Fawcon. See Falcon. Fawn. A young deer. See Two Hinds counter tripping. P. 28, f. 53. Feathers of Birds, but more particu- larly of the Ostrich, are borne in 58 FES Coat Armour. See Plumes and Os- trich-Feathers. P. 6, f. 21. P. 43, f. 37 to 40. Feathers, Panache of. P. 43, f. 41 and 42. Feathered, flighted, or plumed. As an arrow-flighted. P. 37, f. 13. Feeding. The same as Preying. P. 33, f. 12. Feeding. See Browsing. Feers. Horse-shoes. P. 37, f. 45. Felling Axe, or Slaughter-axe. P. 41, f. 19. Female-figure. P. 35, f. 6. Femau. See Fermaile. Femme. See Baron and Femme. Fencock. See Heathcock. Fendue-en-pal. The same as voided per-pale. Fenyx. See Phoenix. Fer de fourchette. All crosses so termed when the extremities end with a forked iron. P. 11, f. 6. Fer de moline, MouHne, Millrind, or Mill-ink. An iron affixed to the centre of the Mill-stone usually drawn as the first figure at P. 38, f. 53. The six followinf^ are different forms of the millrind sometimes met with. Ferdumolin. Same as Fer de moline. P'ermaile, Fermaulx, Fermeau, or Fer- meux. The buckle of a military belt. For examples. See P. 42, f. 15, and 16, and term Buckle. Fern. A plant. P. 44, f. 49. Fern-sapling of New Zealand. P. 36, f.9. Ferr. a horse-shoe. Ferrated, adorned with horse-shoes as a Cross Ferrated. P. 10, f. 33. Ferret. An animal. P. 30, f. 15. Ferrule, Ferral, or Verule. A metal ring on the handle of a tool, or end of a baton. See Veruled. These terms are sometimes applied to the annulet. Fess, or Fesse. One of the honourable ordinaries, formed b}^ two horizontal lines drawn across the field. P. 3, f. I. The Fesse occupies the third of the field, and like the other ordinaries, is subject to all the accidental lines as Engrailed, Vravy, etc. When the Fesse is placed higher than the centre, it is said to be transposed ; and when below the centre, it is termed abais^e. The diminutives of the Fesse are the Bar, P. 5, f. 1. Closet, f. 4, and Barrulet, f. 3. These are also subject to the accidental lines ; e g. Three Bare Nowy, P. 2, f. 14 ; two Closets, or Cottises Fleiuy, P. 5, f. 14. Fesse, Ajoure. P. 4, f. 16. Fesse Angled acUte. P. 4, f. 27.