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Moon - Occasionally borne in her Muraifle - Maisoned.
complement ive. full, and occasion-
ally figureci i,e. with a human face. Mural Crown - An embattled
It may also be illuminateri i.e. sur- crown (q.v.).
rounded by short rays.
Othenvise the moon is treated in Murrey - An alternative name for
sanguine. The old-fashioned redish
a similar manner to the crescent.
purple tincture which is rarely seen
Moorcock - Similar to the heath- today.
cock.
Musimon - The hybrid of a ram
Head - Sometîmes and goat but with four horns. two
Moore's
blazoned as blackamore's head.
of which resemble a goat's homs
Morse - A clasp frequently oma-
mented. Used for fastening a robe. MutiIé - Dismembered.
Motto - A word or sentence upon a
scroll generally placed below the
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shield but sometimes, especiaIIy in
Scotland, above it. Tt shouId never
be inscribed upon a Garter or circ-
Naiant - Swimming.
let and is never found in the arms
of a woman other than the Sover-
Naimant - An expression applied
eign.
to a charge rising from the upper
In English Heraldry the motto is
line of a fess or other ordinary or
not part of the grant and it can thus
the lower line of a chief.
be changed at wilI by the bearer. In
Scotland, however. it is part of the
Naval Crown - See Crown.
grant and can only be changed on
application to Lord Lyon.
Navel Point - 1s a point halfway
between the fess point and the base.
Moond - An orb surmounted by
a cross. It is an ernblem of Sover-
Nebuly - A line-of partition which
ejgnty and forms the highest orna-
being intended to represent clouds
ment on the Royal Crown.
is rarely used otherwise than hori-
zontally.
Mount - A piece of ground gener- and the other two those of a ram.
ally slightly raised and covered with Nerved - An expression referring
grass which may occupy the base of to the fibres of leaves.
a shield and on which stands
another charge; for example, a tree Nimbus - A halo.
or a cock.
Noble - In Heraldry any person
Monnted - Applied .to a horse when entitled to bear a coat of arms and
carrying a rider. whatever his rank is Nobilis which
actually means 'Known'. In Scot-
Mdet - There are two types of land any armigerous person is
rnullet: looked upon as being Noble but this
1. The molet (q.v.). distinction does not apply in English
2. The fish so calleci. Heraldry .