Demi-lion, DEMI-ROSE, DEMI-FLEUR DE LIS, &c., in Heraldry, means, when an animal is spoken of, the upper half; and with an inanimate object, the dexter half parted per pale.
Demi-lion
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 745
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