Dignity, cap of dignity—a symbol of dignity. Displayed—with expanded wings. Emblazon. See Blazon. Ensigned—distinguished by mark or ornament. Entoire—charged with bearings not living creatures. Ermine—fur represented by black spots on a white ground. Escutcheon—the shield. Exergue—the part of the reverse of a medal below the main device. Fess-point—the central point of the escutcheon. Flory or fleury—decorated with fleur-de-lis. Gules—red, represented in engraving by close vertical lines. Or—gold or yellow, represented in engraving by dots on a white ground. Ordinary—a common bearing bounded by straight lines. Pale—a perpendicular stripe on the escutcheon. Paleways, palewise, or paly—divided into equal parts by perpendicular lines. Parti (party)—divided into parts. Proper—of natural color or colors. Quarters—the various smaller escutcheons within the larger escutcheon. Sable—black, represented in engraving by a network of vertical and perpendicular lines. Saltier—in the shape of a St. Andrew’s cross. Sanguinated—blood stained, or blood color. Scutcheon—escutcheon. Semé—covered with small bearings. Tenants—supporters. Tinctures—the metals or colors. Tressure—a double border within the escutcheon, and not reaching the edge. Vert—green, represented in engraving by diagonal lines. INDEX ADAMS, JOHN, on first committee, 7; describes device, 8; design of, 9, 10; connection with Prestwich, 38. ALDEN, ROGER, keeper of the seal, 45. ARMS OF ENGLAND, changes in, 50. BAILEY, BANKS & BIDDLE, cut fourth seal, 64. BARTON, THOMAS, father of William Barton, 23. BARTON, WILLIAM, called into consultation on design, 23; first design, 24; second design, 28; claims paternity of arms, 32; improves Thomson’s design, 35; credit due to, 37. BOUDINOT, ELIAS, on seal committee, 23. BRADSHAW, JOHN, supposed epitaph on, 14, 15, 16. CHAMPLIN, JOHN D., Jr., opinion of, on seal, 48, 54, 59. CHICAGO EXPOSITION, illustrations of seal at, 61. CINCINNATI, ORDER OF, eagle on badge of, 65. COAT OF ARMS OF THE UNITED STATES. _See_ Seal of the United States. DWIGHT, THEODORE F., Chief, Bureau of Rolls and Library, superintends new seal, 54; opinion on designs, 56. DEANE, SILAS, complains of want of seal, 18. E PLURIBUS UNUM, motto, first suggested, 12; by whom, 13; origin of, 14; adopted, 41. EAGLE, first suggestion of, 24, 28; Thomson’s treatment of, 33, 34; adopted as emblem, 41; Franklin’s opinion of, 65. ELLERY, WILLIAM, recommends that seal be considered, 18. FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN, on first committee, 7; design of, 9, 10; suggests motto, 14, 16; criticises eagle, 65. FRELINGHUYSEN, THEODORE F., Secretary of State, seal cut by order of, 51; writes about seal, 53. FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES, adopted, 18.