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connection with the wings of birds
when they are raised.
Elk - The animal of that name
which is but infrequently found as
a charge.
EmbattIed - Crenellated (q.v.).
Embtazon - The act of translating
a blazon to paper or other material
in full colour.
Embrasure - The open space
between two merlons. See Crenel-
lated.
Cardinal Godfrey
En Soleil - An expression used in
respect of a charge irradiateci with
numbers of tassels borne either side
of the
of the shield, See attached Chart.
Enarched - Arched or raised in the
Eel - Has no specific Heraldic char-
middle.
acteristics but may be blazoned as
conger eel.
Endoree - A diminutive of the pale
of which it is $ in width. It bears
Eight foi1 - A floral figure with
exactly the same relation to the pale
eight ~etals which is sometimes as the cotise to the fess or bend.
blazoned as double quatre-foil.
Enfield - A type of monster (q.v.).
Electoral Bonnet - See bonnet.
EniiJed - Encircled as by a coronet,
Elephant - May be found alone but
etc.
more frequently with a castle on
his back. Elephant heads also occur
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- Pierced through the heart.
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as charges.
- A line of decoration
Engr-
consisting of small arcs of a circle
between points, thus giving a kind
of sca1Ioped edge. When engrailed
the ordinary has the points out-
wards. The points inwards give
' invected '.
Enhmced - Raised above the nor-
mal position.
Entire - An expression used in con-
Elepbant and Castle
nection with certain ordinaries when
they are extended to the edges of die
Elevated - An expression used in shield.
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