_Feathers._ Generally those of the Ostrich, sometimes of the swan, the turkey, and a few other birds, borne generally as Crests and Badges, both singly and in plumes or groups. (See _Ostrich Feather_, _Panache_, and Chapter XIV.) _Femme._ The Wife, as distinguished from the “Baron,” the Husband. _Fer-de-Moline_, or _Mill-rind_. The iron affixed to the centre of a mill-stone; No. 243: a modification of the _Cross-moline_; No. 97. _Fermail_ (plural _Fermaux_). A buckle: No. 244. Several varieties of form appear in blazon, it being usual to specify them as round, oval, square, or lozenge-shaped. They are always blazoned as buckles. _Fess_, or _Fesse_. One of the Ordinaries: Nos. 76-80. _Fesse-wise, In Fesse._ Disposed in a horizontal line, side by side, _across the centre_ of the field, and over the _Fesse-Point_ of a shield: No. 27, M. [Illustration: No. 243.--Fer-de-Moline.] [Illustration: No. 244.--Fermails.] [Illustration: No. 245.--Fetter-lock.] _Fetter-lock._ A shackle and padlock--a Yorkist Badge: No. 245; is from the Brass to Sir S. DE FELBRIGGE, K.G., at Felbrigg, Norfolk, A.D. 1414; this, however, being a very unusual shape. _Field._ The entire surface of a Shield or Banner, or of an Ordinary. _File._ A Label, from the Latin _filum_, a narrow ribbon. _Fillet._ A diminutive of a Chief. _Fimbriated._ Bordered--the border (which is narrow) lying in the same plane with the object bordered: No. 89. _Fish._ Numerous Fish appear in blazon, and generally in their proper tinctures. They are borne as allusive charges, and also as types of some connection between those persons who bear them and the sea or lakes or rivers. Mr. Moule has published an admirable volume on the “Heraldry of Fish,” beautifully illustrated with examples drawn by his daughter. (See p. 77.) _Fitchée._ Pointed at the base, as in No. 110. _Flanches_, _Flasques_. Subordinaries: Nos. 141, 142. [Illustration: No. 246.--Fleur de lys.] [Illustration: No. 247.--France Ancient.] [Illustration: No. 248.--France Modern.] [Illustration: No. 249.--Edmund, Earl of Lancaster.] [Illustration: No. 250.--Margaret, Queen of Edward I.] [Illustration: No. 251.--Seal of Margaret, second Queen of Edward I.] [Illustration: No. 252.--Shield of Edward III., A.D. 1340.] [Illustration: No. 253.--Shield of Henry IV., about A.D. 1405.]