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 RES log ROL Resarcelee. a cross is so termed when voided and open at each end. P. lo, f. lo ; P. II, f. 40. Resignant. Apphed to the tail of a lion when it is hid. Respectant, or Respecting. Applied to tame animals, birds, or fish, when placed face to face. P. 32, f. 28 ; P. 31, f. 27. Resplendent. Applied to the sun when surrounded with rays of glory. P. 23, f. 32. Rest, Clarion, or Claricord, P. 43, f, 27 and 28. A difference of opinion exists as to what this charge represents. Some bhizon it a horseman's rest, and assprt that it was the re?t in which the tilting-spear was fixed. Others contend that it was a wind instru- ment, and blazon it Clarion, or Claricorde. Some consider then to be Sufflues, instru- ments which transmit the wind from the billows to the organ, while others term them brackets or organ rests. See Clarion. Rest. See Perch, or Rest for a F'alcon. P. 43, f. 18. _ Resting, or Reposing. Said of a hind or other animal resting a foot upon any object, as a lion resting his dexter foot upon a book. P. 26, f. 51. Restriall. An ancient term for barry- paly, and pily. Retaille. Cutavv-ay, and an Escutcheon is termed Retaille when cut into three traits by two lines in bend-sinister. Retierce. The field divided into three parts fessaways, each of which is again divided into three parts pale- Vv^ays, making nine equal squares, and properly expressed as paly and fesse nine. P. 2, f. 19. Retorted. Applied to serpents when fretted, in the form of a knot. P. 30, f. 25. Retracted. Cut off. A pale retracted. P. 14, f. 24. Retranche. a term, signifying that the escutcheon is twice cut athwart bendways, or doubly cut in bend dexter, when it is said to be tranche and retranche. Reverberant. Same as Relov.ndant. Reversed, or Inverted. Contrary to each other, or contrary to the usual position, as a Leopard's face jessant- de-lis reversed. P. 28, f. 6. Reversed-endorsed. Turned back to back. P. 39, f. 13. Reveksie. Reversed or transposed. P. 15' f- 43- Revertant, or Reverted, flexed and reiiexed, or bending in the form of an S. Reverted also used to express anything turned upside down, as an arrow, etc., with point upwards. Revestu. The same as Vestu. Reveyns. An old term for Ravens. Reynard. A fox. Rhinoceros. A large animal having a horn in his front, and a skin full of wrinkles, which is so hard that it can scarcely be pierced by a sword. P. 27, f. 51. Riband, or Ribbon. A subordinary containing the eighth part of the bend. The Ribbon applied as a difference of the j'ounger sons is of very high antiquity. P. 17, f. 4. Ribbon. Part of the insignia of an order of Knighthood. P. 24, f. 19 ; f. 20, 23, and 28 ; P. 25, and 25a. Ring. Called a Gem-Ring. P. 37, f. 42. Iron-Eing. P. 42, f. 29. See Iron Eing. RiNGANT, or Rangant.- An old term for the Bull, etc. Enraged. Ringdove. A species of pigeon. P. 34. f- 37- Rings-interlaced. See Annulets. Rising. A term applied to birds when preparing to fly. P. 33, f. 3. RizoM. The corn or fruit of the Oat is not generally termed the ear, but the rizom. Roach. A fish. P. 32, f. 30. Robe. Sometimes called the Mantle, distinguishes the rank of the bearer by the number of guards or rows of Fur on the dexter side. That of a Duke should have four guards of ermine, that of a Marquis three and half. P. 35, f. 16. An Earl three, a Viscount two and half, a Baron two. The two last should be plain Fur. The arms within this mantle are those of the Marquess of Qtieensbury, quarterly 1st and 4th, ar. a human heart gu. imperially crowned ppr. for Douglas ; 2nd and 8rd, az. a bend betw. sis cross crosslets fitchee or. for Marr, all within a border of the last, charged with the douMe tressure 01 Scotland. Robe of Estate. P. 40, f. 29. Robe of Parliament. P. 40, f. 30. Robin, or Robin Redbreast. A pretty little bird with a red breast. P. 33, f. 44. Rock. A stony mass. P. 42, f. 56. Emblem of Security. Rod of Esculapius. P. 30, f. '^']. Roe, or Roebuck. A species of deer. P. 15, f. 21. Ro.KLE. See Rowel. RoELEE. See Gurges.