_Besant._ A golden “Roundle” or disc, flat like a coin: No. 151, and No. 140. _Billet._ An oblong figure of any tincture: _Billetée_--strewn with “Billets”: Nos. 130, 146. _Bird._ Many Birds appear in blazon, and they are represented both in heraldic tinctures and “proper”--in their natural aspect. (See Chapters VIII. and IX.) _Bird-bolt._ An arrow with a blunt head. _Bishop._ The Bishops are “by Divine permission,” and are styled “Right Reverend Father in God,” and “My Lord Bishop.” The Bishops of England and Wales are not Peers but are all “spiritual lords” of Parliament, some of the junior Bishops, however, having no seats. The Suffragan Bishops are merely assistant Bishops, and are not Lords of Parliament. The heraldic insignia of Bishops consist of _a mitre_ and _pastoral staff_; they impale their official and personal arms, as do the Archbishops; and, like them also, they bear no crests, but they ensign their shields with a mitre. _Blasted._ Leafless, withered. _Blazon._ Heraldry: Armorial Compositions. “To blazon” is to _describe_ or to _represent_ any armorial Figure, Device, or Composition in an heraldic manner. _Blazoning_--_Describing_ in heraldic language: also, _representing_ in an heraldic manner. _Blazonry_--the representation of any heraldic Figure, Device, or Composition. But the distinction is in practice usually made to employ the word “emblazon” in cases of representation. [Illustration: No. 218.--Water Bouget.] [Illustration: No. 219.--Bourchier Knot.] _Boar._ In Heraldry occasionally termed _Sanglier_. _Bordure._ A Subordinary: Nos. 139, 140. Also, an important “Difference.” (See Chapters XII. and XIII.) _Botoneé_, _Botoneé Fitcheé_. Varieties of the heraldic Cross: Nos. 103, 110. This Cross is also termed _Trefleé_. _Bouget_, or _Water Bouget_. A charge, representing the vessels used by the Crusaders for carrying water. The word is an early form of Bucket. Fine early examples occur in the Temple Church, at Beverley Minster, and in a monument at Blyborough, Lincolnshire: No. 218. _Bourchier Knot._ The badge of the Bourchier family represented in No. 219. _Bourdon._ A palmer’s or pilgrim’s staff. (See _Pilgrim’s Staff_.) _Bow._ The archer’s weapon, in all its varieties of form, is a charge. _Bowed._ Having a convex contour. _Bowen Knot._ No. 220. _Braced._ Interlaced. _Breys._ Barnacles, _q.v._ _Brisure_, or _Brizure_. Any difference or mark of cadency. _Buckle._ See _Fermaile_. _Burgonet._ A helm worn in the sixteenth century. _Cabossed_, or _Caboshed_. The head of a stag, or other horned animal, represented full-faced, so as to show the face only: No. 170. In the case of a lion or leopard when the head is so represented it is termed the face. [Illustration: No. 220.--Bowen Knot.] [Illustration: No. 221.--Caltrap.]