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[Illustration: No. 232.--Crest Coronet.]

[Illustration: No. 233.--Crest-Wreath.]

_Crest-Coronet._ A coronet from which issues, or which supports, a crest. No. 232.

_Crest-Wreath_, or _Torse_. In the Middle Ages, of rich materials and costly workmanship; now represented as being formed of two rolls of silk of the principal metal and colour in the arms, which are twisted to show the metal and colour alternately. The earliest examples are about A.D. 1375. No. 233 shows three varieties of representation. (See