In this Glossary, which obviously must be as concise as possible, I shall include no word that is ordinarily well understood, unless some special signification should be attached to it when it is in use in armorial blazon. _Abased._ Said of a charge when placed lower than its customary position. _Abatement._ A supposed sign of degradation. (See Chapter XII.) _Accollée._ Placed side by side. _Accosted._ Side by side. _Achievement_, or _Achievement of Arms_. Any complete heraldic composition. _Addorsed._ Back to back. _Affrontée._ So placed as to show the full face or front. _Alerion._ A name sometimes given by early Heralds to the heraldic _Eagle_, which, when blazoned under this title, was also sometimes drawn without legs or beak. (See p. 97.) _Ambulant._ In the act of walking. _Annulet._ A plain ring; sometimes blazoned as a “_false roundle_”: in modern English cadency, the difference of the fifth son or brother: No. 154. _Annulettée._ Ending in Annulets. _Antelope._ Depicted by early Heralds in a conventional manner, but now generally rendered more naturally, the earlier type being termed the heraldic antelope. _Anthony, St._ His cross is in the form of the letter T, No. 93. _Antique Crown._ See _Eastern Crown_. _Appaumée._ Said of a hand, when open, erect, and showing the palm: No. 215. [Illustration: No. 215.--Badge of Ulster.] _Arched._ Bent, or bowed. _Archbishop._ A prelate of the highest order in the English Church; his heraldic insignia are his _Mitre_, _Crozier_, and _Pall_. Next to the Royal Family, the Archbishop of Canterbury is the first subject in the realm; he is styled “Most Reverend Father in God,” “by Divine Providence,” and “Your Grace.” The Archbishop of York is third in rank (the Lord Chancellor being second), and his style is the same, except that he is Archbishop “by Divine permission.” Archbishops impale their own arms with those of their see, the latter being marshalled to the dexter. _Argent._ The metal silver. _Arm._ A human arm. When a charge, crest, or badge, it must be blazoned with full particulars as to position, clothing, &c. If couped between the elbow and the wrist, it is a _cubit arm_. _Armed._ A term applied to animals and birds of prey, to denote their natural weapons of offence and defence: thus, a Lion is said to be “_armed_ of his claws and teeth”; a Bull, to be “_armed_ of his horns”; an Eagle, “of its beak and talons.” _Armory._ Heraldry. Also, a List of Names and Titles, with their respective Arms. _Arms_, _Armorial Bearings_. Heraldic compositions, and the Figures and Devices which form them. (See Chapter I.) _Arms of Community._ Borne by Corporate and other Bodies and Communities, as cities, colleges, &c. _Arms of Dominion._ Borne by Sovereign Princes, being also the Sovereign arms of the realms over which they rule. _Arms of Office._ Borne, with the personal arms, to denote official rank.