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FLA 62 FLE Flag of St. George. A white Flag with a red cross. P. 7, f. 21. Flg. An aquatic plant. P. 44, f. 29. i'LAGELET. A wintl instrument. P. 43, f. 23, No. I. Flagged, i.e. decorated with a flag, as a castle flagged. P. 23, f. 3. Flagon. Generally depicted as a covered cup. P. 42, f. 25. Flagon, with spout, i.d. f. 27. Flag-stone. P. 42, f. 34. Flail. Two long staves connected by a leather thong, by which grain is beaten out of the ear. P. 39, f. 11, No. 2. Flame of fire, or Bonfire. P. 43, f. 35. Flambeau. See Fire-brand. Flames of fire issuing out of a rock. The crest of Grant. P. 42, f. 57. Flamant, Flammant, Flambant, Flam- ing, or Burning. As a Fire-brand. P. 41, f. 47. A Flaming, or Burning Bush. P. 45, f. 59. Flaming-bush. P. 45, f. 59. Flaming-brazier. P. 39, f. 32. Flaming-heart. See Heart Flamant. P. 42, f. 3. Flaming-sword. Is depicted in two ways. P. 38, f. 21. Flanch, Flanque, Flasque, orFlaunche. Is an ordinary made by an arched line that swells towards the centre, and is always borne in couples. P. 5, f. 40. '!'be diminutive of the flanch is the Voider ; it resembles a Flanch, but is not so circular toward; the centre of the field, and it should be depicted much less in breadth. P. 5, f. 41. Examples of Flanches, viz. : P.etween Two Flanches. f. 42, and f. 43. Flancbes Charji^ed. f. 44. Square Flanches. f. 45. Flanched. Glover gives as the arms of a natural son of one of the Fitz- Alans, Ralph de Arundel, a shield of Fitz-Alan, flanched ar. ; that is, a shield ar., having flanches of Fitz- Alan and Warrenne quartei'ly. P. 2, f. 48. Flank. See In Flank. P. 20, f. 38. Flanked, or Flanque. See P'^lanch. Flanque point of the escutclieon. The same as base point. P. 21, f. 5. Flask. See Powder-horn. 1'lasque. See Flanch. Flax-breaker, Hemp-Hackle, or Hemp- Breaker. P. 40, f. II. Flax, a Coil of. P. 43, f. 13. I'^LEAM. A surgical instrument. P. 41, f. 5 ; P. 22, f. ig. PYeam. An instrument used by farriers represented by ancient heralds as P. 41, f. 5. Some Wi iters call them Crampoons ; but properly Cramp. P. 41, f. 6. Flechas. Arrows. Flect, Flectant, and Fleeted. Bowed, or bent in contrary directions. See Reflected. Fleece. The skin of a Ram with the wool on, commonly called the Golden Fleece, always represented as P. 22, f. 29. Flegme. See Fleam. Flesh-hook. An instrument used for taking meat out of a seething-pot, or caldron. P. 41, f. 10. In chief, and on the sinister side. Flesh-pot. A three-legged iron pot. i.d. f. 16. Fletched.' Feathered as an arrow. Fleur-de-lis, contracted de-lis. Also termed Flower-de-luce ; is variously depicted, but most commonly as P. 44, f. 7. Antique as f. 12. As to its origin antiquaries are at variance, some supposing it to be the flower of the iris, others that of the common lily, whose name " lys " has a certain resemblance to that of Loys, or Louis, a common name of the Kings of France, while a third party, with perhaps more probability, suppose it to be the head of a partizan, or halbert. When the field, or any charge, i^ promiscu- ously scattered over with de-H-, it is termed strewed, powdered, or replemishedwith lleur- de-lis ; or it is said to be Semee-de-lis. P. I, f. 38. Fleur-de-lis double. P. 44, f. 8. Fleur-de-lis seeded, i.d. f. g. Fleur-de-lis, formed of three lilies, i.d. f. 10. Fleur-de-lis couped. i.d. f. 11. Fleur-de-lis demi. Is divided per pale. i.d. f. 11. Fleuronee, and Fleur-de-llsse. Is the same as botonnee, buttony and bud- ded florettee, or flurt3^ See Cross Botonee. P. 10, f. 20. Fleury, Fleurty, Floretty, Flurt, or Flury. Said of an3'thing ending with a fleur-de-lis, sometimes termed Fleurette. P. 9, f. 13. Differenced from the cross-fiory, by having a line between the ends of the cross and the flowers. P. 10, f. 18. Fleury-biparted. See Cross Moline Sarcelled. P. 10, f. 10. Fleury contra fleury. Sec Flory counter- flory. Flexed. Bent, or bowed. P. 42, f. 4. Flexed in Triangle. P. 32, f. 26.