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A '''beast''' is a non-human [[animal]] - a type of [[heraldry|heraldic]] [[charge]]. |
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An animal other than a human, especially a large four-footed [[mammal]]. |
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They principally come in 2 flavours: |
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A brutal, [[contemptible]] person. |
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*[[animal|natural beasts]] -- as you would expect |
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*[[heraldic beast]]s -- monsters and unnatural things, also beasts like the heraldic [[leopard]], which is a [[herald]]'s name for a [[lion]] and doesn't have spots. |
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[[category:device heraldry]] |
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Latest revision as of 20:21, 20 May 2006
A beast is a non-human animal - a type of heraldic charge.
They principally come in 2 flavours:
- natural beasts -- as you would expect
- heraldic beasts -- monsters and unnatural things, also beasts like the heraldic leopard, which is a herald's name for a lion and doesn't have spots.
