_Mound._ A globe, encircled and arched over with rich bands, and surmounted by a cross-patée, the whole an ensign of the royal estate. A mound or orb forms part of the regalia, and the same form appears upon the intersecting arches of the crown of the SOVEREIGN; and it also surmounts the single arch of the coronet of the PRINCE OF WALES: Nos. 234, 289. [Illustration: No. 278.--Mullet.] [Illustration: No. 279.--Mullet, pierced.] _Mount._ A green hill. _Mullet._ A star, generally of five, but sometimes of six or more points (if more than five the number to be specified), always formed by right lines, as No. 278. A mullet is sometimes “pierced,” as in No. 279, when the tincture of the field is generally apparent through the circular aperture. In modern cadency an unpierced mullet is the difference of the third son. See _Estoile_. _Mural Crown._ Represents masonry, and is embattled: No. 280. _Naiant._ Swimming in fesse. See _Hauriant_. _Naissant._ Equivalent to _Issuant_, but applied only to living creatures. _Naval Crown._ Has its circlet heightened with figures of the stern and the hoisted sail of a ship alternating: No. 281. _Nebulée_, or _Nebuly_. No. 38, H. [Illustration: No. 280.--Mural Crown.] [Illustration: No. 281.--Naval Crown.] _Nimbus._ A glory about the head of a figure of a sainted personage: sometimes used to denote sanctity in a symbolical device. _Norroy._ See _Herald_. _Nova Scotia, Badge of._ See _Baronet_. _Nowed._ Coiled in a knot, as a snake. _Ogress._ A _Pellet_, or black roundle. _Opinicus._ A fabulous heraldic monster, a dragon before, and a lion behind with a camel’s tail. _Oppressed._ An alternative for _Debruised_. _Or._ The metal gold: No. 50. _Ordinary._ An early principal charge of a simple character. See Chapter VI., and Nos. 71-128: see also page 14. _Ordinary of arms._ A list of armorial bearings, classified or arranged alphabetically, with the names of the bearers. See _Armory_. _Oreiller._ A cushion or pillow, generally with tassels. _Orle._ A Subordinary formed of a border of a Shield, which is charged upon another and a larger shield, as in No. 134. _In Orle._ Arranged after the manner of an Orle, forming a border to a Shield, as in No. 86. _Ostrich feathers._ A Royal Badge: also a Device in a few instances charged by Royal and some other personages on an Armorial Shield. See Chapter XV. _Over all_, or _Sur tout_. To denote some one charge being placed over all others. _Overt._ With expanded wings. _Pale._ One of the Ordinaries: No. 87. _Pale-wise_, or _In Pale_. Disposed after the manner of a Pale--that is, set vertically, or arranged vertically one above another, as are the Lions of England in No. 187, page 87. _Pall_, _Pallium_. A vestment peculiar to Archbishops of the Roman Church: in Heraldry, as a charge, half only of the pall is shown, when it resembles the letter Y; it is borne in the arms of the Sees of CANTERBURY, ARMAGH, and DUBLIN. _Pallet._ Half a _Pale_.