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CANTING ARMS

In heraldry, canting arms (also known as allusive arms or punning arms) are bearings in the nature of a rebus alluding to the name of the bearer. Thus, the Castletons bear three castles, and Pope Adrian IV (Nicholas Breakspeare) bore a broken spear on his coat of arms. Canting arms were respected until the reign of James I, after that they fell into disrepute.
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