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A to Z Guide to Heraldic Terms - W

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wallet (see pilgrim's scrip) 

watching (see vigilant)

water bouget a vessel to carry water

wavy (see undée) a line of partition formed like waves

weare, weir or dam in Cess, is made with stakes and osier twigs interwoven as a fence against water 

welt or edge a narrow border to an ordinary or charge

wings conjoined wings expanded, elevated and united at the bottom (see lure)

woodman wild man or savage

wound a purple roundle (see golpe)

wreath a garland or chaplet; the wreath upon which the crest is usually borne is composed of two bands of silk twisted together

wyvern a monster with the wings and upper part of a dragon and the lower part of a snake


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