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Page 48
VERDOY. A bordure charged with eight leaves.
[Illustration: Verdoy]
Ex. Vert, a bordure argent, verdoy, of trefoils.
[Illustration: Vert]
VERT. Green. It is represented in engraving by diagonal lines drawn
from the dexter to the sinister side of the shield.
VISCOUNT. A title of honour, a degree below an earl.
VOIDED. A term applied when any part of an ordinary is left open to
the field.
[Illustration: Voided]
Ex. Gules, a bend sinister, voided, argent.
VOIDER. A subordinate ordinary.
[Illustration: Voider]
Ex. Azure, a voider, argent.
[Illustration: Volant]
VOLANT. The French word for flying. It is used in Heraldry to express
the same action.
VORANT. Swallowing or devouring: any animal, in a charge, devouring
another creature.
[Illustration: Vorant]
Ex. Argent, a serpent crowned, or, vorant an infant.
VULNED. A word that signifies wounded, used in emblazonry to denote an
animal wounded by another creature.
VULNING. Any creature in the act of wounding itself.
[Illustration: Vulning]
Ex. Argent, a pelican's head, erased, vulning.
WALLED. A term sometimes used in Heraldry. When an ordinary is edged
or guarded by an embattled wall.
[Illustration: Walled]
Ex. Azure, on a pale, walled on each side with three battlements
argent, an endorse gules.
WAVY. Curved lines, undulating like the waves of the sea.
[Illustration: Wavy]
Ex. Argent, the lower half of the shield three bars wavy, azure.
WHITE. This word is only used to describe a plain fur. It is
represented as argent.
WINGED. When the wings of a bird, or those of chimerical figures which
are drawn with wings, are of a different tincture to their bodies,
they are said to be winged. Thus, in the arms of the state of Venice
there is a lion sejant guardant, winged or.
[Illustration: Wings erect]
WINGS ERECT. Wings are called erect when their long feathers point
upwards.
[Illustration: Wings inverted]
WINGS INVERTED. When the feathers point downwards.
WIVERN. A chimerical animal, the upper part resembling a dragon.
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