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SCARPE. A diminutive of the bend sinister.
[Illustration: Scarpe]
Ex. Argent, a scarpe, gules.
SCROLL. The riband below the escutcheon, on which the motto is
inscribed.
SEEDED. When the seed of a rose or any other flower is of a different
tint from the petal, it is called seeded. The heraldic colour of the
seed in the centre of a flower is or, but, as in other proper names,
the colour of the seed is not mentioned unless it is of a different
tincture.
[Illustration: Set foil or Six foil]
SET FOIL OR SIX FOIL. Six leaves conjoined in the centre.
SEGREANT. This term is used to describe a griffin displaying its wings
as if about to fly.
[Illustration: Segreant]
Ex. A griffin rampant, segreant, gules.
SEJANT. French word for sitting. See LION SEJANT.
SEM�. A French word for strewed. A field powdered or strewed with any
object is said to be sem�: thus a shield may be sem� of fleur-de-lis,
sem� of hearts, &c.
SINISTER. A term used in Heraldry to signify the left side of any
object. Thus a bend proceeding from the top of the left side of the
shield is called a bend sinister.
SLIPPED. Torn from the stock or branch.
[Illustration: Slipped]
Ex. Azure, three laurel leaves slipped, argent.
SOL. A planet, formerly used to denote or, in emblazoning royal arms.
It is the Latin name for the sun.
SOL, or THE SUN IN ITS SPLENDOUR. The sun is said to be in its
splendour when it is figured (that is, delineated with a human face)
and surrounded with rays. Sometimes this figure is called a sun in its
glory.
[Illustration: Sol, or The Sun in its Splendour]
Ex. Azure, a sun in its splendour.
STANDARD. A large square flag bearing the whole of the achievements of
the monarch or nobleman, as seen in the royal standard of England. The
royal standard, when placed before the pavilion of the monarch either
at a tournay or in an encampment, was eleven yards long and three
yards broad.
The length of the standard when borne in the field denoted the rank
of the leader: that of a duke was seven yards long; a peer of lower
degree raised a standard five yards in length; that of a knight
banneret was only four. In modern times standards of peers or knights
banneret are seldom displayed but in funeral processions. The standard
is then long and narrow, and pointed at the end; that of a duke is
about fifteen feet in length, peers of lower degree about twelve.
The flag borne as the ensign of a regiment of cavalry is called a
standard. The flags of foot soldiers are called colours.
STAR. This celestial figure is always represented as argent, and is
supposed to have six rays or points; if they have more points the
number must be named. See ETOILE.
STATANT. An animal standing still with all its legs on the ground. See
LION STATANT.
SUPPORTERS are figures standing on the scroll, placed on each side of
the shield as if to support it. Supporters in English Heraldry are
granted only to persons included in the rank of nobility or to knights
banneret by favour of the sovereign.
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