_Baron._ The lowest rank in the British Peerage. A Baron is “Right Honourable,” and is styled “My Lord.” His coronet, first granted by Charles II., has on a golden circlet six large pearls, of which four appear in representations, as in No. 217. An Irish Baron has no coronet. All a Baron’s children are “Honourable.” _Baron._ A purely heraldic term signifying a _husband_, a _wife_ in Heraldry being _femme_. _Baroness._ A lady in whom a Barony is vested by inheritance in her own right; also, the wife of a Baron. In either case she is “Right Honourable”; is styled “My Lady,” and her coronet is the same as that of a Baron. [Illustration: No. 216.--Breys.] [Illustration: No. 217.--Circlet of a Baron’s Coronet.] _Baronet._ An hereditary rank, lower than the peerage, instituted in 1612 by JAMES I., who fixed the precedence of Baronets before all Knights, those of the Order of the Garter alone excepted. As originally created, all Baronets were “of Ulster,” or “of Nova Scotia”; afterwards all new creations were “of Great Britain”; now all are “of the United Kingdom.” The “Badge of Ulster,” generally borne as an augmentation upon a canton or small inescutcheon, is--_Arg., a sinister hand, couped at the wrist and appaumée, gu._,--No. 215. The arms of Nova Scotia, which may be (but seldom are) similarly borne on a canton or inescutcheon, are--_Arg., on a saltire az., the Royal arms of Scotland_. (See No. 138.) By letters patent of JAMES I., the wives of Baronets have the titles of “_Lady_, _Madam_, or _Dame_,” at their pleasure prefixed to their names. _Barrulet._ The diminutive of a Bar. _Barrulée_, _Barruly_. Barry of ten or more pieces. _Barry._ Divided into an even number of Bars, which all lie in the same plane: Nos. 85, 86. _Barry Bendy._ Having the field divided by lines drawn _bar-wise_, which are crossed by others drawn _bend-wise_: No. 119. _Bar-wise._ Disposed after the manner of a Bar,--crossing the field, that is, horizontally. The term _fessways_ is more usually employed. _Base._ The lowest extremity: No. 27, B. _Basilisk._ A cockatrice having its tail ending in a dragon’s head. _Basinet._ A helm fitting close to the head. _Baton._ A diminutive of the bend, couped at its extremities. _Battled_, or _Embattled_. Having battlements, or bordered, as No. 38, F. _Beacon_, or _Fire Beacon_. An iron case of burning combustibles set on a pole, against which a ladder is placed. _Beaked._ Applied to birds, not of prey. _Bearer._ An old Scottish term for a _Supporter_. _Bearing_, _Bearings_. Armorial insignia, borne on shields. _Bell._ Drawn, and generally blazoned as a _church-bell_, unless specified to be a _hawk’s-bell_. _Belled._ Having bells attached. _Bend._ One of the Ordinaries: Nos. 111-115. _Bendlet._ The diminutive of a bend: No. 117. _Bend-wise_, or _In Bend_. Placed in the position of or arranged in the direction of a bend. _Bendy._ Parted bend-wise into an even number of divisions: No. 116.