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able for the particular occasion.
Increscent - Describes a crescent
Persons of illegitimate birth are when the horns and points are to
not enti~led to assume arms of their the dexter.
putative father at wiU even with an
appropriate difference. First they Iodented - A line of partition or a
must prove their paternity and then method of decorating an Ordinary
petition for the arms to be granted. which is notched in a similar man-
The alternative is of course to apply ner to dancetté but the spaces
for an entirely new gant of arms. between the points are considerably
and this is the course normally smaller.
adopted.
lnescutcbeon - A small shield used
Adoption
Family arms can only in the most as a charge and placed in the centre
exceptional circumstances and by of another shield.
re-grant be transferred to ' strangers
in blood '. Adopted children with no Iuffamed - Burning with fire.
blood connection cannot inherit or
receive matriculation of arms, nor Iofulae - The ribbons hanging from
can they be entered in any pedigree. a mitre.
Impaled - Two coats joined together Insects - A number of insects appear
on the one shield, for example, the as charges in Heraldry chief
arms of husband and wife, a Bishop amongst them being the bee which
and his See, the Kings of Arms.
is a symbol of industry. Occasion-
ally a single bee appears and some-
Imperia1 Crown - One of the most times a number is shown surround-
important crowns in English Royal ing a hive. Other insects include the
Regalia. It has a platinum Frame grasshopper. stagbeetIe, bu tterfly.
which is set with more than 3,000 scorpion, cricket, hornet. ant, spider,
precious Stones of which the major- and gadfly.
ity are diamonds and pearls. The
most important Stone is known as Interchanged - An expression which
the Black Prince's Ruby which is has sometimes been used instead of
set in the cross in the front of the counterchanged.
crown.
Invected - A line of partition or
Incrernent - An expression describ- decoration the exact reverse of en-
ing the moon when in a similar posi- grailed. namely, with the points in-
tion to an increscent. wards.
Iaverted - Reversed. For example
it is used to describe wings where
tl~e points are downwards.
Irradiated - Illuminated by rays or
beams of Iight.
Issuant - Arising from the bottorn
line of a field or chief, from the
upper line of a fess. or from a crown
Increscent or coronet.