| 11. | It is far more likely to be Canting arms that are a pun based on Lorraine / Erne.
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| 12. | The name Skanke might mean " a leg " and the arms thus being canting arms.
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| 13. | Alternatively maunches can occur as canting arms, such as in the arms of the Mohun and Mansel families.
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| 14. | However, only the marriage of Brandis ( canting arms : a " brand " ) and the Landgraviate of Klettgau.
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| 15. | In heraldry, canting arms are a visual or pictorial play on a surname, and were and still are a popular practice.
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| 16. | Bears appear in the canting arms of two cities, Bern and Berlin, both of whose names include the word " bear ".
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| 17. | These canting arms appear to have initially been usurped from the Van Uye family of Zeeland, to whom the Uys family are not related.
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| 18. | It is used in the canting arms for the German family " von Grape ", Grapengie�er and Grappendorf, and Groppe von Gudenberg.
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| 19. | Rebuses are used extensively as a form of heraldic expression as a hint to the name of the bearer; they are not synonymous with canting arms.
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| 20. | The symbols of the wolf and the castle reflect the city's name ( canting arm ) and do not have a historical, directly conveyed reference.
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