Vocabulary : Herakline to Heraud

Herakline : A picrate compound, used as an explosive in blasting.
Herald : An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character. ;; In the Middle Ages, the officer charged with the above duties, and also with the care of genealogies, of the rights and privileges of noble families, and especially of armorial bearings. In modern times, some vestiges of this office remain, especially in England. See Heralds' College (below), and King-at-Arms. ;; A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as, the herald of another's fame. ;; A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger. ;; Any messenger. ;; To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in.
Heralded : of Herald
Heraldic : Of or pertaining to heralds or heraldry; as, heraldic blazoning; heraldic language.
Heraldically : In an heraldic manner; according to the rules of heraldry.
Heralding : of Herald
Heraldry : The art or office of a herald; the art, practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also, of marshaling cavalcades, processions, and public ceremonies.
Heraldship : The office of a herald.
Herapathite : The sulphate of iodoquinine, a substance crystallizing in thin plates remarkable for their effects in polarizing light.
Heraud : A herald.
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