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WOM ZUL bevelled ; as the Crest of Ellis, viz,, a woman naked, her hair dishevelled ppr. P. 35, f. (!. See a^.so term Lady. Woman's Breast, distilling drops of milk. P. 43, f. 34. Borne by the name of Dodge and Piddock. Wood, or Hurst. A small group of trees. P. 45, f. 60. Wood-bill, Wood-hook, or Forest-bill. P. 41, f, 22. Woodbine. The same as Honeysuckle. P. 45, f. I. Woodbine Leaf. P. 45, f. 27. Woodcock. A bird of passage. P. 34, f. 48. '00D-L0USE. P. 30, f. 7. 'ooDMAN. The same as Wild-man, or Savage. P. 35, f. 24. WooDMARTiN. See Martin. Woodpecker. A bird. P. 33, f. 45. W'OOD-PIGEON. P. 34, f, 39. WooDwiFT. A wild man, or savage. P. 35, f. 24. Wool-card. An instrument for card- ing wool. P. 40, f. 10. Wool-comb, or Jersey Comb. P. 40, f. 12. 'ooL-PACK, or Wool-sack. P. 40, f. ig. Wool-pack, corded, i.d. f. 20. Words. Are used as charges in many Coats of Arms. e.g. Netherlands in the Arms of Jones, Bart. Trafalgar in the Arms of Collingwood. Orthes, in those of Harvey, etc. Wound. A term used by Bossewell, to express the roundle when tinctured purpure. Wounded. See Vulned. WoYDYD. Same as voided. Woydyrs. Old term for four quarters. Wrapped, Wrapt, Enwrapped, or En- veloped. The same as Entwined. Wreath, Torse, or Torce. Is a garland, chaplct, or attire for the head. The wreath, upon which the Crest is placed, is of silk, composed of two different tinctures twisted together, and showing six folds,, three of each tincture, and the tinctures of the wreath are with few exceptions, those firit mentioned in blazoning the coat of arms. The Wreath is placed between the hel- met and the crest which are fastened together by it. P. 47. In some instances crowns or coro- netssupi^ly theplaceof the wreath, P. 21, f. 21, but Crests are always understood to be placed upon a wreath, when not ordered to be borne upon a Crown, Coronet, Cap, or Chapeau. When a wreath composed of silk, is placed round the temples of a man, it should have two bows with strings at the sini.iter end. P. 3n, f. 37. V'reath Circular. As borne in tlie Arms of Jocelyn. P. 43, f. 45. Wreathed. Enc'rcled with a wreath ; as a head wreathed. P. 36, f. 37. Savages are frequently wroathed about the tc-m^jics and loins with oak leaves, ivy, etc., but laurel leaves are always understood if not mentioned to the contrary. A Demi Savage wreathed about the loins. P. 35, f. 25. Ordinaries are sometimes wreathed, as a Fes .e wreathed or tortile gules and azure. P. 3, f. 28. Wren. A small insessorial bird. P. Wrestling-collar, as borne by the family of Gurney, co. Norfolk. P. 43, f. 43. Wrincle-shell. See Welk. Wyn. a vane, or little flag. P. 23, f. ig and 20. Wyvern. See Wivern. Wyvre. a viper. Y Y. See Upsilon. Yard, or Yard-measure. Depicted as a round rod, with divisions of measure- ment marked thereon. P. 41, f. 41. Yare. See Weir, and P. 2, f. 47. Yarn, Quill of. See Quill. Yates. An old term for Gates. Yellow. Used in painting, instead of gold. Yeoman. The degree below that of Gentleman, and above that of Artificer, or labourer. Yew-Tree. p. 45, f. 47. Ynde, or Inde. Azure. Yoke, or Ox-Yoke. P. 37, f. 57 ; also termed a Double Ox-Yoke. York-Herald. See Herald's College. York, Rose of. A white rose. P. 25, f. 2. Yorkist Badge and Collar, formed of Suns and Roses, linked together with chains. The White Lion Badge is generally attached to the Collar, and forms a pendant to it. YssuiNGE. Issuing. z Zodiac The Zone of the celestial sphere. A bend sinister, with the three signs of Libra, Leo and Scorpio upon it. P. 18, f. 26. A Fesse Zodiac, or Hemisphere. P. 3, f. 2g. ZuLE, or Zulis. A chess-rook. P. 43, f. 4g.