Handbook of heraldry : with instructions for tracing pedigrees and deciphering ancient mss. : rules for the appointment of liveries, &c (1882)
Cussans, John Edwin, 1837-1899 · London : Chatto & Windus · leaf 101
tto isinscribed. The following descriptive terms are em-ployed in blazoning birds. Addorsed : This term, when applied tothe wings of birds, means that they are to bei-epresented partially open, and incliningbackwards. When in that position, however,they are more usually and better describedas… … COMMON CHARGES, 95 WoOLRYCH :—Gules ; a Chevron betv^een three Swans withwings elevated argent. Close ; With wings closed. This term is only applicjibleto those birds which are addicted to flight—as Eagles,Swans, Doves, <t<j. It is unnecessary thus to describe anOstrich, or Game-cock, as…
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