(1803-1882) Author and minister that wrote Society and Solitude and Letters and Social Arms.
Kangaroos are found in Australia, New Guinea and Tasmania. They have powerful rear legs and a muscular…
The chimpanzee appears more like humans than any other animal and is found in the west part of Africa.…
The fox is characterized chiefly by its pointed muzzle, short legs and its bushy tail. During the day,…
Hyenas look like dogs, but are more closely related to cats and civets. Their front legs are longer…
Badgers have long, wide bodies with short legs. They are nocturnal, and eat earthworms, insects, vegetables…
the jerboa have long tails with tufted ends, and long hind legs, which enable them to make enormous…
Hares are larger than rabbits, with longer ears and hind legs. They live above ground in nests. Hares…
Kangaroos are found in Australia, New Guinea and Tasmania. They have powerful rear legs and a muscular…
This bird lives on fish so is commonly found near water. Its nest is composed of sticks, seaweed, and…
The Emu, a native of Australia, is nearly as large as the Ostrich, but has shorter legs and neck and…
The covering of millipedes and centipedes, which looks like jointed armor, gives firmness to the body,…
Locusts are in the grasshopper family, although they have shorter legs and antennae. They can be extensively…
The body of the cuttlefish is soft and covered only with a leathery skin. Its eight arms are very long.
Octopus, a mollusk related to the squid. It has eight arms with suckers, arranged around a central soft,…
Andrew Harcla, the march-warden, whom Edward II made an earl and executed as a traitor, bore the arms…
Bustards are stocky birds with strong legs. They fly with difficulty, and do not fly unless necessary.
The Emu, a native of Australia, is nearly as large as the Ostrich, but has shorter legs and neck and…
The Ptarmigans have feet much like those of a hare. Their legs and toes and soles of the feet are covered…
A cross-urdee is one in which the extremities are drawn to a sharp paint instead of being cut straight.
Vair is one of the furs in heraldry composed of several silver and blue pieces representing little shields.
Voided, in heraldry, a term applied to a charge or ordinary pierced through, or having the inner part…
A Cabriolet is a one-horse pleasure carriage with a calash top, a covering for the legs, and seats for…
This bird lives on fish so is commonly found near water. Its nest is composed of sticks, seaweed, and…
Chetwode bore Quaterly silver and gules with four crosses forming countercoloured- that is to say, two…
Bishop of Durham, the son of basket weaver, bore Silver a cross of three upright wattles sable, crossed…
Drury bore Silver a cheif vert with a Saint Anthony's cross gold between two golden molets, pierced…
Melton bore Silver a Tolouse cross gules. By giving this cross a name form the counts of Toulouse, it's…
Nicholas Upton, the 15th-century writer on armory, bore Silver a saltire sable with the ends couped…
Mayster Elwett of Yorke chyre in a 15th-century roll bears Silver a saltire of chains sable with a crescent…
Gascoigne bore Silver a pale sable with a golden conger's head thereon, cut off at the shoulder.