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 HAU HEL Hauette. S:e Habick. Haumetty. Sec Humettee. Hau RIANT, or Haurient. A term applied to Fish when placed erect. P. 32, f. 6, 13, 17, and iS. Haurient embowed. Borne paleways, but bowed. P. 32, f. 2. Haurient torqued, or targant. Borne paleways, but in the form of an S. Hausse. or Hause. 5"^^ Enhanced. Hautboy. A musical wind instrument. P. 43, f. 23, No. 1. Hawberk. a shirt of mail. P. 39, f. 20, No. 4. Hawk, or Falcon. A ver}' common bearing in Coat Armour. A Hawk, or Falcon, blazoned ppr. is repre- sented with a bell tied to each leg. See Falcon. Hawk's leure, or lure. As depicted in Armory are two wings conjoined with their tips downwards, fastened with a line and ring. P. 43, f. 16. Hawk's-bells. p. 43, f. 17. Hawk's-bell and Jesses. The jesses are leather thongs with v/hich the bells are tied to the hawk's legs. P. 43, f. 17. Hawks, Perch, or Rest. i.d. f. 18. Hawking, or Falconer's gloves. P. 43, f. 44. Hawmed. See Humettee. Hawthorn Tree, or Bush. P. 45, f. 43. Haydoddes. See Cyanus. Hay-fork, or Shake-Fork. Depicted as P. 39, f. 19. Hay-hook. As borne in the arms of Metringham. i.d. f. 21. Hay-rake. See Rake. Hazel. There are two varieties, the common hazel nut and -the fill)ert, met with in Coat Armour ; a branch of the common hazel fructed. P. 44, f.55- Hazel leaves. P. 45, f. 17. Head. Heads of Men and Women, Beasts, Birds, Fish, etc., are of fre- quent occurrence in Coat Armour. They are in profile (termed side long, or side faced), front faced, i.e. affron- tee, or guardant, and reguardant, which is looking back. In blazon, all heads are understood to be in profile, if not expressed to the contrary. The term^, Man's Head, Savage's Head, Saxon's Head, Englishman's Head, and Gipsy's Head, are used to describe heads of exactly the same kind. iSee Man's Head. Blazon of Heads. Bear's. P. 20. Bird's. P. 33. Boar's. P. 29. Ball's. P. 2A and 28. Dragon's. P. 27. Fish's. P. 32. Fox's. P. 29. Greyhound's. P. 20. Gritfia's. P. 27. Goat's. P. 28 and 20. Horse's. P. 27. Leopard's. P. 28. Lion's. P. 2G. Man s P. 3ii. Eatn's. p. 28. Stair's, p. 28. Talbot's. P. 29. Tiger's. P. 28. Uaicorn's. P. 27. Wolf's. P. 28. Wivern's. P. 27. Head of hair. P. 40, f. 47. Headpiece A helmet. Healme, or Casque. A Helmet. Heames. S:e Hames. Heart. In blazon, the heart is termed a human or body heart. P. 42, f. i. Heart. Enfiled, Easiijiie.l, Flamant, Pierced, Transfixed, Valued, Winged, etc. i.d. f. 1 to 5, f. 4 is a dexter hand erect, betw. two stalks of wheat flexed in saltire, issuing from a heart all ppr., in the hand a book shut sa. garnished or. Heart's-ease, or Pansy-flower. P. 44, f. 23. Heater-shield. See Escutcheon. Heath-cock. P. 34, f. 41. Heaume, Heawme, Heaulme, or Casque. See Helmet. Heavenly bodies. See Planets. Hedgehog, or Urchin. A small animal, the upper part of its body is covered with prickles. P. 30, f. 11. Hedgehog-Fish, or Sea-Urchin. P. 32, f. 49. Heinuse. Signifies a young roe, in the third year. Heir Apparent. Is a person so called in the lifetime of the present possessor at whose death he is heir at law. Helm. An instrument by which a ship is steered. P. 38, f. 40. Helmet, Helme, Heaulme, or Casque. Was also termed Heaume, Basinet, Cask, Salet, etc. Although these were all terms to denote coverings for the head ia time of war, still they differed not only in name, but in shai^e. Our custo}u of bearing thj Crest on the Helmet is "oorrowed from the ancient fashion of adorning it with some kind of device, to make it apjjear terrible to the enemy. Helmets are now used as the distinctive mirks of Njbiliby, and are dileren^ly de- picted. They are freque.itly met with as