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Earl Marshal :: Earl marshal () An officer of state in England who marshals and orders all great ceremonials, takes cognizance of matters relating to honor, arms, and pedigree, and directs the proclamation of peace and war. The court of chivalry was formerly under his jurisdiction, and he is still the head of the herald's office or college of arms..

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..

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

Heraldry :: Heraldry (n.) The art or office of a herald; the art, practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also, of marshaling cavalcades, processions, and public ceremonies..

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

Herald :: Herald (n.) Any messenger.

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

Motto :: Motto (n.) A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievment..

Vociferous :: Vociferous (a.) Making a loud outcry; clamorous; noisy; as, vociferous heralds..

Cross :: Cross (n.) A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration, above..

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..

Blazon :: Blazon (n.) The art or act of describing or depicting heraldic bearings in the proper language or manner.

Waved :: Waved (a.) Having undulations like waves; -- said of one of the lines in heraldry which serve as outlines to the ordinaries, etc..

Emblazon :: Emblazon (v. t.) To depict or represent; -- said of heraldic bearings. See Blazon.

Gest :: Gest (n.) A roll recting the several stages arranged for a royal progress. Many of them are extant in the herald's office.

Snow :: Snow (n.) Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in, flakes..

Herald :: Herald (n.) An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character..

Legend :: Legend (n.) An inscription, motto, or title, esp. one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon an heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration..

Pursuivant :: Pursuivant (n.) A functionary of lower rank than a herald, but discharging similar duties; -- called also pursuivant at arms; an attendant of the heralds. Also used figuratively..

Herald :: Herald (v. t.) To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in..

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