An electric quiver ran along the ranks of the adventurers; their eyes flashed fire, they grasped their fusils in their powerful hands, as if they were impatient to commence the struggle promised them.
But although early rolls of arms sometimes neglect this detail in their blazon, the fusils making a fesse must always be of an ascertained number.
The indented fesse on the red shield of the Dynhams has four such fusils of ermine.
Displayed on a shield of the flat-iron outline, the lower bar would show fewer fusils than the upper, while on a square banner each bar would have an equal number--usually five or six.
Thus also the engrailed or indented saltires, pales or cheverons, the exact number of the fusils which go to the making of these being unconsidered.
Montagu, earl of Salisbury, bore a fesse engrailed or indented of threefusils only, very few shields imitating this.
Bends follow the same fashion, early bends engrailed or indented being some four or more fusils joined bendwise by their blunt sides, bends of less than four fusils being very rare.
On the right or dexter side--the right hand of a shield is at the right hand of the person covered by it--are two fusils of an indented fesse: on the left or sinister side are three waves.
The fesse indented or engrailed is made up of fusils as is the engrailed bend.
Four, however, is almost as rare a number as three, the normal form of a fesse indented being that of five fusils as borne by Percys, Pinkenys, Newmarches and many other ancient houses.
Indeed, accuracy of blazon is served if the number of fusils in a fesse be named in the cases of threes and fours.
The horsemen, armed with fusils and long lances, seemed quite disposed for a skirmish.
There the Bandchan will distribute arrows and fusils to all of them, and will form of this multitude a formidable army of which he himself will take the command.
They walked proudly, with heads erect, the right arm out of the sleeve and resting on their sabre hilts, and with fusils at their backs.
Our poor Nationals, not one of them here, have three hundred fusils but then no powder; besides one is not sure, only morally-certain.
In the ordinary way five or more lozenges in fess would be fusils, as in the arms of Percy, Duke of Northumberland, who bears in the first quarter: Azure, five fusils conjoined in fess or.
In many cases the variations of different coats of arms, to suit or to fit the varying shapes of shields, have resulted in the use of lozenges and fusils indifferently.
Fusils occur in the historic arms of Daubeney, from which family Daubeney of Cote, near Bristol, is descended, being one of the few families who have an undoubted male descent from a companion of William the Conqueror.
Morelos himself, surrounded by a staff of officers, stood at one end of the spacious courtyard, in the act of distributing fusils to the newly enrolled troops.
We should be an equal match for our enemies, who had but two fusils among their party, the remainder being armed with lances, and bows and arrows.
One of the canoes was consequently launched in the river, and late in the evening the two Indians well armed with fusils started on this expedition.
Our men were but nine in all, and only five of them had fusils with them; the rest, indeed, had pistols and swords, but they were of small use to them.
All this while I knew not what was the matter; but rousing immediately from sleep with the noise, I caused the boat to be thrust in, and resolved, with three fusils we had on board, to land and assist our men.
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