Burke's Peerage Library Guide to Heraldic Terms
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ogress (see pellet)
ombré shadowed
onde (see undee)
opinicus a winged monster with a lion's body, an eagle's head and neck and a short tail like a camel's oppressed
(see debruised)
or the metal gold, shown as yellow in heraldic illustration
orange a tawny roundle
organ rest (see rest)
orle a diminutive of the bordure but not attached to the outside of the shield; charges so arranged are in
orlé bordered
over all when a charge or ordinary is placed over other bearings;
surmounted, debruised and oppressed are similar terms overt used of bird's wings when open
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