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New Zealand Flag Institute |
GLOSSARY
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Truck -
The device at the
top of an outdoor pole, below the finial (staff ornament), and to which the
ornament is mounted. Usually a wooden or metal block. It houses the pulley
wheel or holes for the halyard. TUDOR CROWN -
See CROWN. Union -
Is any design
that symbolizes unity. It may appear in the canton, as the stars do in the
U.S. flag. Or it may be the entire flag, as in the Union Flag of the United
Kingdom. UNION FLAG -
The abbreviated
name of the ROYAL UNION FLAG. UNION JACK -
The common and
informal name of the ROYAL UNION FLAG. VAIR -
In heraldry, a fur. VERT -
In heraldry, the colour green. The colour most often associated
with Moslem’s. Traditionally the prophet Mohammed’s favourite colour. Vexilloid -
A rigid sign
carried on a pole, especially those used by the classical Roman’s as unit
identifiers. One of the forerunners of modern flags. Vexillum derives from
the verb vehere, to “carry”. Vexillology -
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