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The manual of heraldry : being a concise description of the several terms used, and containing a dictionary of every designation in the science. Illustrated by four hundred engravings on wood (1800)

Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. BRL, Boston Public Library (John Adams Library) BRL · London : Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co. ... · leaf 116

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DICTIONARY OF HERALDIC TERMS. 107 … Pommelled. The pommel of the swordis the round ball or knob at the end ofthe hilt of a sword. Portcullis. A grating suspended bychains^ used to defend the entranceto a castle. Potent. The ancient name of a crutch : when the fieldis covered with figures like small crutches it is calledpotent; when…

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