ine is used to form one
of the ordinaries, it is said to be embattled. See the lines, p. 11.
[CHAP. III.]

[Illustration: Embattled]

Ex. Gules, a bend sinister embattled, argent.

EMBATTLED GRADY. Where the battlements gradually rise one above
another.

[Illustration: Embattled Grady]

Ex. Argent, a fess gules, embattled grady. See the lines, p. 11.
[CHAP. III.]

EMBOWED. Any thing bent or curved, like a bow.

[Illustration: Embowed]

Ex. Gules, a dolphin naiant embowed or.

EMERALD. The name of a precious stone formerly substituted for vert in
emblazoning the arms of the nobility of England.

EN ARRIERE. An expression borrowed from the French, to signify any
creature borne with its back to view.

[Illustration: En arriere]

Ex. Argent, an eagle proper en arriere.

ENDORSE. The smallest diminutive of the pale.

[Illustration: Endorse]

Ex. Argent, a pale between endorses gules.

ENGRAILED. Any object being edged with small semi-circles, the points
turning outwards, is said to be engrailed.

[Illustration: Engrailed]

Ex. Argent, a pale azure engrailed.

ENHANCED. A term applied to bearings placed above their usual
situation.

[Illustration: Enhanced]

Ex. Argent, three bendlets, enhanced gules.

ENSIGNED. This word, in heraldic description, means ornamented.

[Illustration: Ensigned]

Ex. Argent, a man's heart gules, ensigned with a celestial crown or.

ERASED. Signifies any thing torn or plucked off from the part to which
nature affixed it; generally applied to the head and limbs of man or
beast.

[Illustration: Erased]

Ex. Argent, a leg erased at the midst of the thigh gules.

ERECT. This is said of any animal or parts of animals, naturally
horizontal, being placed in a perpendicular direction.

[Illustration: Erect]

Ex. Argent, a boar's head erect, and erased.

ERMINE. A white fur with black spots, represented as in the annexed
example.

[Illustration: Ermine]

ERMINES. This fur is represented by white spots on a black field.

[Illustration: Ermines]

ERMINOIS. A fur, the field, or, the spots or tufts, sable, as in the
annexed example.

[Illustration: Erminois]

ESCALOP. The shell of a sea-fish, used to decorate the palmers on
their way to and from Palestine; frequently used as a charge in
Heraldry.

[Illustration]

ESCUTCHEON. This word is sometimes used to express the whole coat of
arms, sometimes only the field upon which the arms are painted. It
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