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 116
Broyes, where they appear as at fig. 220, taken fromold Roll of the Thirteenth Century,now in the College of Heralds. Tobray is to break, bruise, or pound,and is used in that sense in the Pro-verbs, Though a fool be brayed ina mortar. A Hemp-brey (fig. 242)is really the same instrument as… … Fig. no HANDBOOK OF HERALDRY. of Barnacles, and must not be confounded with the Barna-cle, which is a Bird somewhat resembUng a Goose. Bar-shot : A missile formerly employed in warfare, con-sisting of a short bar of iron, with a ball at each end, re-sembling a Dumb-bell. Battering-ram : An engine…
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