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Of or pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as, heraldic blazoning; heraldic language. T. Warton.

In an heraldic manner; according to the rules of heraldry.

Belonging to armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of a family. Figures with armorial signs of race and birth. Wordsworth. Armorial bearings. See Arms, 4.

An heraldic shield; a coat of arms, or a bearing on a coat of arms; armorial bearings. Their blazon o'er his towers displayed. Sir W. Scott.

, so large that only a narrow border of the first bearing remains visible; -- said of any heraldic bearing. Compare Voided.

erial worn over the armor in the 15th and 16th centuries. This was often charged with the heraldic bearings of the wearer. Hence, an heraldic achievement; the bearings of any person, taken together. -- Coat card, a card bearing a coated figure; the king, queen, or knave of playing cards. "`I am a coat card indeed.' `T…

To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging. See Counterchaged, a., 2. With-elms, that counterchange the floor Of this flat lawn with dusk and bright. Tennyson.

A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration, above.

lematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance.

hrasaetus harpyia). The figure of the eagle, as the king of birds, is commonly used as an heraldic emblem, and also for standards and emblematic devices. See Bald eagle, Harpy, and Golden eagle.

To depict or represent; -- said of heraldic bearings. See Blazon.

The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings.

The act or art of an emblazoner; heraldic or ornamental decoration, as pictures or figures on shields, standards, etc.; emblazonment. Thine ancient standard's rich emblazonry. Trench.

it for the terminal decoration of a scepter, the ornaments of a crown, etc. It is also a heraldic bearing, and is identified with the royal arms and adornments of France.

A representation of this creature as an heraldic charge.

on, motto, or title, esp. one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon an heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration. Golden legend. See under Golden.

Having legs of a different tincture from that of the body; -- said of a bird in heraldic representations.

Without teeth, tongue, or claws; -- said of a lion represented heraldically.

A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievment.

Composed of successive short curves supposed to resemble a cloud; -- said of a heraldic line by which an ordinary or subordinary may be bounded.