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standing on three legs and provided Eton College; the rose which is
with handles.
wild dog rose, norrnally with five
petals but occasionally superim-
posed by another smaller one also of
five petals: the thistle which is the
well known floral emblem of Scot-
land: and the various foils from
trefoil to eight foil.
Other less well known fiowers
may be found including the lotus,
teasel, gilly flower, blue bottle,
columbine, sunflower and gentian,
but the blazon must give full details.
Flakes - These refer to the points of
FleoIcdelis - There has been con- an anchor which may be blazoned
siderable controversy with regard of a different tincture.
to the origin of this bearing some
believing it to represent the lily, Foliated - Having leaf-like cusps.
others the iris and some even the
Forcené - A word used in connec-
iron head of a warlike weapon.
It featured distinctively in the tion with a horse when standing on
bearings of the Kingdom of France his hind legs representing rage.
and it has also appeared quartered
Formé - Describes a cross the arms
with the arms of England.
The Fleur-de-lis has been used in of which are splayed out by straight
many cases to decorate ordinaries. lines.
sub-ordinaries and charges. It
appears on the Royal Crown and Fountain - The fountain most
various coronets and in numerous generally used in Heraldry is a
other positions, including, of course, roundle barry wavy of six, argent
and azure, representing water. There
the Royal Tressure of Scotland.
are, however, occasions where the
Fleury, Flory - An expression used natural fountain has appeared as a
to denote that a charge is adorned charge.
with fleurs-de-lis.
Flexeà - Bent or bowed. represented by a stylised form of the
Flighted - Refers to the feathers of
an arrow.
Flory - Alternative for fleury (q.v.).
Pountain
Flotant - Floating.
Fonrchh - Forked.
Flowers - A number of difTerent
fiowers appear as Heraldic charges Fox - The animal of that name.
other than the fleur-de-lis (q.v.).
Chief among them are the lily Fret - A bendlet and a bendlet
which may be found in the amis of sinister ioterlaced with a mascle.