Everyone's heard that a group of crows is called a 'murder.' But what about cats? Lawyers? Penguins? (A destruction, an eloquence, and a tuxedo, respectively.)
and the impetus to embark on one last book –“warts and all”, as she says. Even in her dotage, Ruby M Devereaux has the power to surprise, because whatever this author does, she does on her own terms. Always.
An elastic gusset for providing a snug fit in a shoe. A projecting point. (heraldry) One of the abatements, made of two curved lines, meeting in an acute angle in the fesse point.
Strictly speaking, yes — although the terms are often used interchangeably. Carnival is the season of merriment that begins on feast of the Epiphany (Jan. 6) — it’s the twelfth day of Christmas, the day the gift-bearing wise men visited the Christ child — and culminates on Mardi Gras...
(heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert. Color A paint. The artist took out her colors and began work on a landscape. Color (uncountable) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity. Color has...
"These honourable Accessories [supporters] of the Heraldic Shield are said to have been introduced, (like Quartering) by Edward III, but they are of uncertain authority until the reign of Henry VI." (Boutell, Charles., A Manual of Heraldry, p123) What does mean "authority" in the above ...
Crests are also significant in heraldry and historical armor, symbolizing status and affiliation, prominently featured on helmets and shields. Conversely, tufts are seldom symbolic and are more functional, used for practical purposes like padding in upholstery or as decorative elements in crafts. 5 ...
which coached medieval gentlemen through having conversations about hunting, falconry, fishing, sports andheraldrywithout embarrassing themselves at dinner parties. These collective nouns are found in a chapter entitled "The Compaynys of Beestys and Fowlys" and some of the terms referred to people rat...
A nullarypredicate''' is a proposition. Also, an instance of a 'predicatewhose terms are all constant — e.g., P(2,3) — acts as a proposition. Apredicatecan be thought of as either a relation (between elements of the domain of discourse) or as a truth-valued function (of said ...
FHSFellow of the Heraldry Society FHSFairfax Senior High School(Los Angeles, California) FHSFriends of Hellenic Studies(New Jersey) FHSFrederick Historical Society(Frederick, MD) FHSFoersvarshoehskolan(Swedish War College) FHSFleetwood Area High School(Pennsylvania) ...