Fountain

Fountain

Fountain, Syke, or Well. Terms which are always applied to a roundle barry wavy of six ar. and az. as at P. 1.

These should now be blazoned " Heraldicfountains," in order to distinguish themfrom Modern Fountains, which have been introduced into Coat Armour, and which are generally borne playing. In the latter, the number of basins should be named; in a modern grant a fountain is depicted. P. 42, f. 55.