Lodged - Applied to the buck, hart, hind, etc, when represented lying down. The same attitude of the lion or similar beast is couchant.
Lord Lyon - [See LYON KING-OF-ARMS.]
Lowered - Applied to ordinaries abased from their common position.
Lozenge - (loz'-enj) 1. A diamond-shaped bearing, usually with its upper and lower angles slightly acute. 2. The form of the escutcheon upon which women place their arms. Specifically, for spinsters and widows.
As the shield was used in war, it was peculiar to men, and the female had no part therein; hence an unmarried woman from earliest times placed her arms on a lozenge, perhaps in allusion to the fusil, or distaff; when married, she shares the shield of her husband.
Lozengee - [See LOZENGY.]
Lozengy - (loz'en-jy) A bearing or the field divided into lozenge-shaped compartments of different tinctures, the lines being drawn in the direction of the bend and bend sinister.
Luce - A fish; a full-grown pike.
Lure - (lur) A bunch of feathers. (The lure was used in falconry to recall the hawks.)
Lymphad - (lim'-fad) A galley; an ancient vessel, having one mast. It is not uncommon in Scottish heraldry; it is the feudal ensign of the lordship of Lorne, being quartered by the Dukes of Argyll, and is also borne by the Clan Campbell
Lyon Court - The office or court of Lyon King-of-Arms; the Scottish college of arms.
Lyon King-of-Arms - A Scottish official (also called Lord Lyon) who derives his title from the lion rampant on the arms of Scotland. He has authority to inspect the arms and ensigns armorial of all noblemen and gentlemen in the kingdom; to give proper arms to those entitled to bear them; to matriculate such arms , and to fine those bearing arms which are not matriculated. He is assisted by heralds, pursuivants and messengers-at-arms.
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