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eastern crown the crown worn by Jewish kings

eft (see newt)

eightfoil or huitfoil an eight-petalled flower

elevated used of birds' wings when open and upright

embattled or imbattled used of buildings having battlements

embowed bent or bowed

embrued having drops of blood upon or falling from it

enaluron eight birds placed in the border

endorse a quarter-size diminutive of the pale endorsed (see addorsed)

enfield a monster with a fox's head, an elephant's chest, a horse's mane, an eagle's forelegs, a greyhound's body and hind legs and a lion's tail

enfiled pierced by the blade of a weapon

Englishman's head used in Welsh blazons to mark feats in the struggle against the English

engould used of a charge whose ends enter an animal's mouth

engrailed a scalloped partition line with the spikes outwards

enhanced an ordinary placed higher than its usual position

enmanche (see manche)

ensigned a charge with another above it

entoyre a border charged with eight inanimate charges

enurney a border charged with eight animals

environné surrounded

enwrapped folded round

epaulier armour for the shoulders

equipped used of a horse with all its trappings

eradicated uprooted, as of trees or plants

erased torn from the body, with jagged edges erect upright

ermine (erm.) white fur with black spots

ermines black fur with white spots

erminois gold fur with black spots

escallop-shell a pilgrim's badge

escarbuncle a precious stone, shown as eight sceptres issuing from a central annulet

escutcheon of pretence the shield on which a man bears his wife's arms if she is an heiress. It is borne in the centre of his own shield and is usually of the same shape

esquierre a bearing similar to the gyron (see gyronny), but extending across the whole shield

estoile a star, usually of six wavy points; when an estoile has more than six points they are alternately straight and wavy

evett or lizard a small animal like a crocodile, usually shown vert, used in the arms of some Irish families

expanded or expansed displayed

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