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Vair :: Vair (n.) The skin of the squirrel, much used in the fourteenth century as fur for garments, and frequently mentioned by writers of that period in describing the costly dresses of kings, nobles, and prelates. It is represented in heraldry by a series of small shields placed close together, and alternately white and blue..

Griffon :: Griffon (n.) A representation of this creature as an heraldic charge.

College :: College (n.) A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges; as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college of bishops..

Sea Horse :: Sea horse () A fabulous creature, half horse and half fish, represented in classic mythology as driven by sea dogs or ridden by the Nereids. It is also depicted in heraldry. See Hippocampus..

Heraud :: Heraud (n.) A herald.

Fecial :: Fecial (a.) Pertaining to heralds, declarations of war, and treaties of peace; as, fecial law..

Morne :: Morne (a.) Without teeth, tongue, or claws; -- said of a lion represented heraldically..

Device :: Device (n.) Improperly, an heraldic bearing..

Coherald :: Coherald (n.) A joint herald.

Purflew :: Purflew (n.) A border of any heraldic fur.

Heralded :: Heralded (imp. & p. p.) of Heral.

Blazon :: Blazon (v. t.) To describe in proper terms (the figures of heraldic devices); also, to delineate (armorial bearings); to emblazon..

Blazoner :: Blazoner (n.) One who gives publicity, proclaims, or blazons; esp., one who blazons coats of arms; a herald..

Tabard :: Tabard (n.) A sort of tunic or mantle formerly worn for protection from the weather. When worn over the armor it was commonly emblazoned with the arms of the wearer, and from this the name was given to the garment adopted for heralds..

Emblazonry :: Emblazonry (n.) The act or art of an emblazoner; heraldic or ornamental decoration, as pictures or figures on shields, standards, etc.; emblazonment..

Device :: Device (n.) An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance..

Fleur-de-lis :: Fleur-de-lis (n.) A conventional flower suggested by the iris, and having a form which fits it for the terminal decoration of a scepter, the ornaments of a crown, etc. It is also a heraldic bearing, and is identified with the royal arms and adornments of France..

Prophesy :: Prophesy (v. t.) To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.

Emblazoning :: Emblazoning (n.) The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings.

Escroll :: Escroll (n.) In modern heraldry, a similar ribbon on which the motto is inscribed..

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