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 69
r 60 MANUAL OP HERALDRY. £;x. Or, two closets azure. % Closegirt. a figure whose dress is fastened roundtlie waist. Ex. GuleSj an angel erect withwings expanded or, dress close-girt. Coat Arbiour^ or Surcoat. A loosegarment worn over the armourof a knight ; hence the termcoat of arms. On this… … Having a collar. Dogs and inferior ani- COLIiARED. mals are sometimes collared : the supporters andcharges are generally said to be gorged. See Gorged. Combatant. A French word for fighting. See Lion. Complement. The Heraldic term for the full moon.When this figure is introduced as a charge in a…
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