[MR] Heraldic Term of the Day - Langued

[Beverly Robinson-Curry]

>From _An Heraldic Alphabet_ by J.P. Brooke-Little:

 

"Langued - Used to describe the tongue of a creature when of a different
tincture from that of its body.  Lions are understood to be armed* and
langued gules unless they themselves are red or are against a red
background, in either of which cases the tongue and claws are shown azure."

 

*referring to the claws

 

 

Rhiannon

 

Mistress Rhiannon ui Neill

Triton Principal Herald

House Corvus, Atlantia