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 TWO 128 URD three, three and one. P. 20, f. 39. Five roses in saltier. P. 12, f. .3. For examples of three charges in a field, see P. 31, f. 3, and f. 30 to 35. Two Headed Eagle. See Eagle, dis- played with two heads. P. 33, f. 6. TwYFOiL, or Dufoil. Two leaved foil, shaped like those of the Trefoil. Tyger. See Tiger. Tyger and Mirror. See Tiger and Mirror. Tymbre. See Timbre. Tynes. a name given to the branches of the horns of stags. In blazoning their number and tincture must be named ; a stag's head attired with ten tynes is borne by the family of Gordon. Trying. Same as Preying. P. 33, f. 12. Tyrwhitt. a lapwing. P. 33, f. ^^, IT Ullum, as in the Arms of Lake. P. 39, f. 42, No. 2. See also P. 32, f. 48. Ulster Badge. A shield ar., thereon a sinister hand apaumee, couped at the wrist, and erect gu. P. 31, f. 12. 'J'his is the Badge of a Baronet of Great Britain. See Baronet. Ulster King of Arms. See Heralds College. Umbraced. The same as Vambraced. Umbrated. Shadowed. See Adum- brated. Un cri de guerre. The War Cry, or Motto. Undated. Same as Waved, Undatvd. Used by Upton for undee. Unde, Undee, or Undy. The same as Wavy. P. 17, f. 12. Undulated. Wavy. Une Devise. The motto. Unfructed. Slips of laurel, bay, etc., consist of three leaves ; the sprig, of five leaves ; and the branch, of nine leaves ; if fructed, four leaves are sufficient to term it a branch. P. 44, f.53- Unglet. See Unguled. Unguled. a term ajijilied to the hoofs of the horse, stag, bidl, goat, etc., to express that they are of a different tincture from that of the body of the animal. Unicorn. An imaginary animal, repre- sented as having the head, neck and body of a horse, the legs of a buck. the tail of a lion, and a long straight horn growing out of the middle of the forehead. It is well known as the sinister supporter of the present Royal Arms. P. 31, f. 11. Unicorn Passant. P. 27, f. 36, Demi Unicorn, id. f. 37. Head couped. f. 39. Head erased, f. 38. Unifoil. a plant with a single leaf, like a leaf of the trefoil. Union Flag. The National Ensign of Great Britain, commonly called the Jack, or Union Jack. In this Union-Flag we have three crosses, viz., that of St. George for England, of 8t. Andrew for Scotland, and St. Patrick for Ireland ; properly combined according to the rules of heraldry, as follows : On a field az., the cross saltier of St. Andrew ar., surmounted by that of St. Patrick, gu., over all the red cross of St. George, fimbri- ated of the second. P. 7, f. 21. See Elvin's Anecdotes of Heraldry. Union, Cross of the. This form was settled as the badge of the Union between England and Scotland, and is blazoned az., a saltire ar. sur- mounted of a cross gu. edged of the second. United States of America, Ensign of. P. 25a, f. 15. Universities, Arms of. See Arms of Communit}'. Upon, or Above Another. Lying upon it. Also the placing of Arms in pale Upright. Erect. Applied to all shell- fish instead of haurient, and to rep- tiles instead of rampant. Upsilon. The Greek Y, borne by the name of Clark. Westenius, de lingua Grsecn, lells us that Pythagoras invented the Y of the original alphabet, as a representation of the path of lite. The foot is said to represent infancy, the two forks, two paths, the one leading to good, the other to evil. Uranus, or Georgium Sidus. An astro- nomical sign. P. 23, f. 45. Urchin, or Hedgehog. P. 30, f. 11. Urchin Sea, or Sea-Urchin. P. 32, f. 49. Urde. According to Randle Holme, is the singular of Urdee, and implies one projection, as per bend urde. P. 19, f. 8. A Bend Urdee. P. 17, f. 19. Urdee-Champained. p. 15, f. 20. Urdee. A Cross Urdee is a cross pointed, Champaine, or Aiguisee. P. 9, f. 45. Urdee, in point paleways. P. 21, f. 29. Urdee in Point, or Contrary Urdee. P. 21, f. 28,