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Re: Please translate Heraldese...


Poster: Corun MacAnndra <corun@access.digex.net>

Meli wrote:
> 
> jtrigg@softworkscc.com wrote:
> 
> > Per bend sinister azure and Or semy of fleams azure, a dumbeg Or.
> 
> > Unfortunately, I can't remember what fleams are.
> 
> I might be wrong, but aren't fleams those "upside-down numeral 2" things that
> are the badge for chirurgeons?  I think I remember reading somewhere that a
> fleam was a period blood-letting device, similar to a scalpel?

This is exactly correct.

In service,
Corun

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