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near Paris but it is a name which Pairlie, Tierced fn - This expression
has been given to other flags prob- describes a shield which is divided
ably of a sirnilar colour and form. in tbree parts, a line per pale from
The Oriflamme borne at Agin- the centre chiet to the fess point
court is said to have been an oblong and thence per chevron.
red flag terminating in five points.
Orle - A small bordure around the
field but instead of running round
the edge of the shield a srnall strip
of the field of similar width is Ieft
outside the orle. The orle may be a
continuous strip or it may consist
of a number of the same charges
placed in orle.
Ostrfch - The bird of that name
Tierced in Pairlie
occasionally used as a charge and
airnost invariably carrying some
metal object in its mouth.
ries (q.v.).
Oshich Feathers - May appear as a
charge or a part of a crest. for Pale Wise - Describes a number
example Che BIack Prince's shield of charges which are placed vertic-
of peace was sable three ostrich ally one upon the other or the
position of a single charge e.g. a
f cathers argent.
sword, which is to stand erect.
Otter - The animal of that name
appearing as a charge or as a crest. Palisado Crown - Similar in type to
Sometimes blazoned with a fish in the Crown Vallery (q.v.).
ils mouth.
Pd - The Heraldic figure of this
Over AU - An expression used with name may be described as the upper
reference to a charge when it is half of a saltire conjoined to the
borne over al1 the others.
lower half of a pale and it is found
frequently as an ecclesiastical
Overt - Open, particuIarly applied charge. It originated from the stole
to wings. Pale - One of the principal ordina-
hanging around a clergyman's neck.
Owl - A bird which is always Pallet - The diminutive of the pale.
depicted full face either as a charge It is never borne siagly.
or in a cre.st,
Pallium - Alternative name for the
Pau.
Palmer's SM - A straight tapering
staff with a nobbed top sometimes
Padlock - Tii early Heraldq the known as Burdon or Bourdon.
fom of this charge varied but at
the present the the form used is PaIey - An expression used when
the fetterlock (q.~.). a shield is divided into an qua1