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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.
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