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DAN 48 Dancette-double. Same as double- downset. P. 18, f. 11. Dancette per long. Same as pily of seven traits. P. 6, f. 24. Danche, and Dentelle. Same as Indented. Dancy. See Dancette. Danish axe. P. 37, f. 27. Termed Danish-hatchet. P. 37, f. 29. Danse. See Dancette. Dantelle. Same as Dancette. Dappled. Marked with spots. Dart. See Spear. P. 37, f. 22. Date-Palm Tree. P. 45, f. 52. Date, shpped. A branch of the Date Tree. P. 44, f. 38. Dauncette, Dauncy, or Daunse. Same as Dancette. Daw. a bird. P. 34, f. 37. Death's-head, Morts head, or Human skull. P. 35, f. 34. Death, or Skeleton. P. 35, f. 35. Debased, Everted, Reversed, Sub- verted and Subvertant. Terms to express anything turned downwards from its proper position. P. 15, f. 43. Debruised. a term to express any animal or bird, when an ordinary is placed over it. P. 26, f. 21. The term also applies to any charge over part of which another is placed. P. 7, f. 4. Debruised. Applied to serpents in the folding, expresses whether the head or tail is overlaid, or debruised by the other parts. P. 30, f. 27. Debruised, fretted. P. 16, f. 18. Debruised, fracted, or removed. P. 16, f. 2 ; P. 4, f. 15. Decapite, or DefFait. Signifies couped. P. 27, f. 29. Dechausse, disjointed, or dismembered. The parts being cut off from the body, and placed at small distances still preserving the original shape. P. 26, f. 14. Decked, Adorned, or Ornamented. P. 35, f. 28. Decked, or Marguette. Is said of an eagle or other bird, when the feathers are trimmed at the edges with a small line of another colour. Declinant, or Declivant. Also termed pendant, recurvant, and reclinant ; applied to the serpent borne with the tail straight downwards. P. 30, f. 28. Decollated. The head cut off. Decorated. Charges may be decorated with heads of different animals ; if with those of serpents they are said to be gringolly, or gringolee. P. 11, DEN f. 36. If with lions, leonced ; if eagles, aquilated ; if with peacocks, pavonated. Decorations of Honour. See Knight- hood and Medals. Decouple, or Uncoupled. Parted, or Severed. P. 16, f. 4. DECOURS,or Decrement. iSi?^ Decrescent. Decrescent. The half-moon looking to the sinister. P. 23, f. 38. Deer. See Stag. Defamed. Being without a tail. P. 26, f. 6. Defences. The horns of a stag; the tusks of a boar, etc. Defendee, defendu, or defendre. Same as armed. Deffait. Couped. Degenerate. Applied to an eagle at gaze, aloft, wings surgiant, and left foot raised. P. 33, f. 14. Degoutte. Same as Guttee. Degradation of Honour. See Abate- ment. Degraded. A cross degraded, has steps, or degrees ; also termed grieced. P. 8, f. 27. Degrees. Steps. Dejected. Cast down, as a garb de- jected or dejectant. P. 14, f. 21. Delf, Delph, or Delft. Is a square sod of earth, or turf. P. 42, f. 34. When the colour is tenne, it is the abate- ment due to the revoker of his challenge. When more than one is borne in a coat, they are called Delves. De-lis. Contraction for Fleur-de-lis. Delta-double. P. 43, f. 56. Delves. See Delf. Demembre, Dechausse, Dismembered, Demembred, Derrache, or Disjointed. See Dechausse. Denche. Same as Dancetty. Demi, or Demy. Signifies one half. e.g. See Demi belt. P. 42, f. 15. Demi bear. P. 29, f. 39. Demi dragon. P. 27, f. 20. Demi eagle. P. 33, f. 8. Demi fesse. P. 4, f. 24. Fleur-de-lis. P. 44, f. 11. Fish. P. 32, f. 7. Demi griffin. P. 27, f. 4. Demi lion. P. 2G, f. 31. Demi man. P. 35, f. 25. Demi talbot. P. 29, f. 14. Demi unicorn. P. 27, f. 37. Demi vol. P. 33, f. 26, No. 1. Denis, St. Cross of. P. 7, f. i. Dentals, Dented, Dentels, or Dentelle. See Indented. Dented. A term sometimes used to express the teeth of an animal.