- woman

WOMAN. Woman’s head, and demi-woman ; also blazoned by the term Lady.

               A woman’s bead and neck when couped below the breast, the head wreathed with a garland of roses, and crowned with an antique crown is always blazoned a maiden's head P. 22, f. 21. When the hair is depicted as loosely flowing, it is termed dishevelled ; as the Crest of Ellis, viz,, a woman naked, her hair dishevelled ppr. P. 35, f. 6. See also term Lady. (ELVN)