Gradient - (gra'-di-ent) Applied to a tortoise represented as walking.
Grady - Steps or degrees, or one battlement upon another. (Also called battled-embattled and embattled grady.)
Gray - [See BADGER.]
Green - This color in heraldry is known as VERT.
Grieee - A step; one of the steps upon which crosses are sometimes placed.
Griffon - A fabulous beast, generally drawn with the body, legs and tail of a lion, the head of a cock or an eagle, a pair of wings and long, sharp claws. When represented on his hind legs he is segreant.
Griffon-Male - A griffon without wings and having large ears.
Grittie - Said of a field when composed equally of metal and color.
Gryphon - [See GRIFFON.]
Guardant - [See GARDANT.]
Guelphic Order - (guel'-fick) An order of knighthood instituted for Hanover on August 12, 1815, by George IV of England, while still Prince Regent.
Gule - To color red; to give the color of gules to.
Gules - (guelz) Red. This color on engraved escutcheons is represented by vertical lines.
Gusset - An abatement; a mark of disgrace. It somewhat resembles a gusset, and is formed by a line drawn from either dexter or sinister chief point one-third across the shield, thence descending perpendicularly to the base. When on the dexter side of the escutcheon it is an abatement for adultery; when on the sinister, for drunkenness. In this connection it is scarcely necessary to say that the gusset has been rarely used. (Sometimes called a gore.)
Gutte - A drop. It is pear shaped, with a tail like a tear on funeral drapery, or like a Rupert's drop. [See also GUTTEE.]
Guttée - (gut'-tée) A shield sprinkled with guttes, or drops. Like the roundel, their name changes with the color, as follows: Or, guttée d'or; gules, guttée de sang; argent, guttée de l'eau; sable, guttée de poix; azure, guttée de larmes; vert, guttée d'huile.
Gutty - [See GUTTEE.]
Guze - A roundel tinctured sanguine, representing an eyeball. [See also ROUNDEL.]
Gyron - (gi'-ron) A subordinary, consisting of two straight lines, drawn from any given part of the field, meeting in an acute angle in the fess point. It is a Spanish ordinary, and is supposed to come from the word giron, a gusse. The gyron, which is an old bearing, is seldom used singly.
Gyronny - (gi'-ron-ny) A field divided into gyrons, generally eight sections. When more than eight, the number must be specified. For example: Bassing - bourne - "Gyronny of 12, or and azure."
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