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devans@uneb.edu wrote:

> The Welsh national arms is unheraldic already - per fess argent and
vert,
> a dragon gules (don't remember the correct term for the dragon's
pose);
> the dragon is placed squarely over the division, so half of it is on
the
> green.***
> 
> Isn't the phrase 'en passant'? Standing on three legs, one raised. I'm
not
> up on heraldic forms; had no idea the colors were a problem. However,
I
> seem to recall the term a surprise, as I'd seen it in chess.

Passant.  En Passant is the chess term.

John