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The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition - Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous
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ATTIRED. When the horns of a stag are of a different tincture to its
head, it is said to be attired.

[Illustration: Attired]

Ex. Argent, a stag lodged, proper, attired, or

AUGMENTATION. This word signifies in Heraldry a particular mark of
honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble
action, or by favour; and either quartered with the family arms, or on
an escutcheon or canton.

[Illustration: Augmentation]

Ex. Ermine, on a chevron azure, three foxes' heads erased, argent. The
augmentation is in a canton azure, a fleur-de-lis argent.

AZURE. The French word for _blue_: it is distinguished in heraldic
engraving by lines running parallel to each other in an horizontal
direction, as in the annexed example.

[Illustration: Azure]

BADGE. A distinctive mark worn by servants, retainers, and followers
of royalty or nobility, who, being beneath the rank of gentlemen, have
no right to armorial bearings. The rose and crown is the badge of the
servants, &c., of the Kings of England: they are displayed as in the
annexed example.

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