Page 115 - Canadian Dominion Directory 1871 - Partie 1-fusionné

Snake - See Reptile.
referred to as ' Garter Plates '.
Soaring - Flying aloft.
Standard - Used particularly in
Somerset Herald - One of the early days, was a narrow and taper-
Officers of Anns (q.v,).
ing flag (sometimes with swallow
tails) always of considerable lengtb,
SpaoceUed - An expression used the higher the rank of its owner the
for a Iiorse when two of its legs are longer the standard. It was used
solely for purposes of pageantry and
fettered to a log of wood.
particularly for the display of
Spear - May appear as a charge in badges and livery colours.
various forms. UnIess otherwise
stated it takes.the fom of a tiIting Star - See Estoile.
spear. It may also be described as
a shivered Iance or a broken spear Sbtaot - An expression applied to
iii which case the upper half has an animal standing on al1 four feet.
normally beea broken off
Steam Ship - See Ship.
severed.
Sphere - See globe.
Steps - See Degees.
Spider - Sometimes found as a Stock - The stump of a tree and
charge,
sometimes applied to the siiaft of an
anchor.
Spread Eagle - An eagle displayed.
Stork - A bird seIdom distinguish-
Spnr - When used as a charge is able from the heron and the Crane.
generally borne with the straps pen-
dent and the rowel downwards.
Stiriaged - Having strings or ribbons
attached such as those on the bugle
Spur rowel - The pointed wheeI at horn. May also refer to the strings
the back of the spur simjlar to a of a harp when of a different tinc-
rnullet but generally borne pierced. ture €rom the frame.
SquheI - The animal of that name. Snb-ordinaries - Considered as
lesser charges from the ordinaries
(q.v.) but of very frequent appear-
S.S. CoUar of - See Collar. or Chapel, Windsor are generally
Stafford Knot - See Knot.
Sîag - An animal much used in
Scottish Heraldry bearing antlers
or attires.
StaU plate - A square or oblong
plate emblazoned with the arms of
Knights of the Garter, the Thistle
and the Bath and fixed to the stalls
in their respective chapels. Those
of the Garter Knights at St, George's Bordure