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ALL ANG Allegorical. The representation of anything conveyed by emblem, as the figure of Justice. P. 35, f. 7. Allerion, Alerion, or Allette. A fabulous bird represented without beak or legs. P. 33, f. 30. Alll ce Arms of. Are those impaled or borne in an escutcheon of pretence to denote alliances formed by marri- age, and the arms taken by the issue of an Heiress or Coheiress quartered with those of their Father, thereby shewing their descent from a family of which the male line is extinct. P. 12, f. 21. Alligator. A carnivorous amphibious reptile. P. 30, f. i. Allocamelus, or Ass-Camel. P. 27, f. 46. Allumee. The eyes of beasts are so termed when depicted sparkling with red. Allusive Arms, or Armes Parlantes, and Canting Arms. Are very numer- ous in English armory, they contain charges hinting at the name, charac- ter, office or history of the original bearer, e.g. The arms of Dobell a Doe betw. three bells, of Colt three Colts of Shelly three shells, etc. See Rebus. Almond Slip. Borne by the name of Almond. P. 44, f. 37. Almond Tree. P. 45, f. 41. Alpaca, or Paco. Supposed to be a domesticated variety of the Guanaco. P. 28, f. 41. Alpe. a Bullfinch. A term used by Blomfield in his His. of Nor. in blazoning the arms of Alpe. P. 33, f. 49. iLPHABET, Letters of the. -Capital letters are sometimes used as charges. See Letters. Altar. In heraldry, is always drawn inflamed. P. 39, f. 38, No. 2. Alternate, Alternately, or Alter- natively. One after the other. Alternating. Following by turns. As an Orle of fleur-de-lis and martlets alternating, i.e. four fleur-de-lis and four martlets alternately placed. Amaranthal Crown. A crown like a garland composed of leaves of the imaginary amaranth that never fades. See Garland. Ambulant. Walking. Ambulant-Co. Walking together. P. 35, f. 26. American Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes. P. 25a, f. 15. Amethyst. A precious stone. Used by some Heralds to denote purpure, when blazoning the arms of Peers. Ammenche, Ammanche, EiMANCHE, or Creneaux. See Crenellee. Amphibanes, or Amphibenes. P. 39, f- 23. On a Saltire or, interlaced by two Ampliis- bsenae az. langued gu. a rose of the last barbed and seeded ppr. Crest of Gwilt. Amphisbene, or Amphista. A beast with dragon's body and wings, the head of a serpent, and the tail ending with a like head. P. 27, f. 9. Amphisbona. a snake with a head at each extremity. (Burke's Landed Gentry.) Amphisien-Cockatrice. See Basilisk. P. 27, f. 10. iNANAS. A Pine Apple. P. 44, f. 56, Anatomy of a Man. P. 35, f. 35. Anchor. The emblem of Hope, is always borne as in P. 38, f. 41, imless differentl}^ described. If a cable is attached to it, it is termed an anchor cabled, and the cable is depicted en- twined round it. f. 41. When the cross beam is of a different tincture, it is termed an anchor timbered of such a colour. When the barbed part, by which it takes hold of the ground, is of a different tincture from the other part, the anchor is said to be fluked, or flouked. Anchored, Anchry, Anckorry, An- CHREE, Ancree, or Ancred. Terms applied to Crosses whose extremities resemble the flukes of Anchors. P. 10, f. II. Ancient, or Anshent. A small flag, or streamer ending in a point. Ancree. See Anchored. And. a Roman, " &." is borne in the arms of And Andrew St. Order of. See Knight- hood Orders of. Andrew St. Cross of. Is a silver saltire on an azure field. P. 7, f. 21. Anelett. Sec Annulet. Angel. Variously represented in Heraldry. P. 36, f. 54, S5 and 56. An Angel wings expanded arms uplifted on the breast, the hands clasped as borne by the family of Crondice. An Angel kneeling wings expanded the hands in a praying po- sition, borne by Hodder, Hynell, etc. An angel volant pointing to heaven with the dexter hand, and to the base with the Sinister, from the mouth a scroll, thereon the letters G.I.E.D. signifying Gloria in Excelsis Deo. Angel's Head. See Cherub. Angemm, Angenne. See Angenin.