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gad-bee a dun fly

gads plates of steel or iron galley (see lymphad)

galtrap (see caltrap)

gamb (from the French jambe) the foreleg of an animal; when couped or erased near the middle joint it is only a paw

garb a sheaf of any kind of grain; when other than wheat the kind must be stated

gardant (see guardant)

gardebras the elbow-piece of a suit of armour 

garde-visure a vizor

garnished decorated

gaze applied to a beast of the chase when looking full front. See guardant for other animals in this posture

gemel (see bars gemel)

genet a small animal like a fox gillyflower, July a blood-red carnation flower

giron (see gyronny)

givers (see guiuré)

gliding used of snakes when moving fessways

glory a series of rays issuing from a charge or ordinary

gobony (see compony)

golpe a purple roundle

gonfannon a banner

gordian knot double annulets linked to each other and to one in the centre gyronny

gore or gusset two curved lines, one from the sinister chief point the other from the base middle point, meeting in an acute angle at the fess point

gorge or gurge a water-bouget

gorged encircled round the throat gorges a whirlpool

gorget armour for the chest 

goutte a drop 

gouttée (see guttée)

gradient used of a tortoise when shown walking greave armour for the legs

grice a young wild boar

grieces steps on which crosses may be placed (see calvary)

griffin or gryphon a monster with the upper half an eagle and the lower half a lion

griffin-male a griffin without wings but with large ears

grittic used of a field made up equally of metal and colour

guardant full-faced; (see also gaze)

guidon or a penon flag

guiuré, givers or gringole (from guivris, viper) used of charges which end in serpent's heads

gules (gu.) red

gun shot or gun stone a black roundle

guttée or gutty (from the Latin gutta, drop) sprinkled with drops (gouttes)

guttée d'eau sprinkled with water 

guttée de larmes sprinkled with tears

guttée de poix sprinkled with pitch 

guttée de sang sprinkled with blood

guttée d'huile or guttee d'olive sprinkled with drops of green oil

guttée d'or sprinkled with gold 

guttée reversed inverted drops

guze a red roundle

gyronny the division of a shield by cross and saltire in six to twelve even-numbered parts

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