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RUBY. A precious stone, formerly used instead of gules.

SABLE. The term used in Heraldry for black.

SALIENT. An animal springing forward. See LION SALIENT.

SALTIER. One of the honourable ordinaries, by Scottish heralds called
St. Andrew's Cross.

[Illustration: Saltier]

Ex. Argent, a saltier, gules

SANGUINE. One of the heraldic tinctures. It is a dark red or blood
colour. By some armorists it is called murrey. The latter word is
considered obsolete.

SAPPHIRE. The name of a precious stone, formerly used to express
azure.

SARDONYX. A precious stone, formerly used to denote sanguine in
emblazoning the arms of the English nobility.

SATURN. The name of a planet, used to denote sable in emblazoning the
royal arms by ancient armorists.

[Illustration: Sceptre]

SCEPTRE. A royal staff; an ensign of sovereignty borne in the hand. It
was originally a javelin without a head. Sceptres of the present
time are splendidly decorated with jewellery. The annexed engraving
represents two sceptres of the kings of England: _the sceptre with
the dove_ is of gold, three feet seven inches long; the circumference
of the handle is three inches, and two inches and a quarter at the end
of the staff; the pomel is decorated with a fillet of table diamonds
and other precious stones; the mound at the top is enriched with a
band of rose diamonds; upon the mound is a small cross of Calvary,
over which is a dove with its wings expanded, as the emblem of mercy.

_The royal Sceptre with the Cross_ is of gold; the handle is plain,
and the upper part wreathed; it is in length two feet nine inches, the
fleur-de-lis of six leaves; the mound, and the cross above it, are
richly embellished with amethysts and diamonds.

SCARPE. A diminutive of the bend sinister.

[Illustration: Scarpe]

Ex. Argent, a scarpe, gules.

SCROLL. The riband below the escutcheon, on which the motto is
inscribed.

SEEDED. When the seed of a rose or any other flower is of a different
tint from the petal, it is called seeded. The heraldic colour of the
seed in the centre of a flower is or, but, as in other proper names,
the colour of the seed is not mentioned unless it is of a different
tincture.

[Illustration: Set foil or Six foil]

SET FOIL OR SIX FOIL. Six leaves conjoined in the centre.

SEGREANT. This term is used to describe a griffin displaying its wings
as if about to fly.

[Illustration: Segreant]

Ex. A griffin rampant,