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Quartter :: Quartter (v. t.) To arrange (different coats of arms) upon one escutcheon, as when a man inherits from both father and mother the right to bear arms..

Flanched :: Flanched (a.) Having flanches; -- said of an escutcheon with those bearings.

Nombril :: Nombril (n.) A point halfway between the fess point and the middle base point of an escutcheon; -- called also navel point. See Escutcheon.

Essorant :: Essorant (a.) Standing, but with the wings spread, as if about to fly; -- said of a bird borne as a charge on an escutcheon..

Scutch :: Scutch (v. t.) To beat or whip; to drub.

Fesse :: Fesse (n.) A band drawn horizontally across the center of an escutcheon, and containing in breadth the third part of it; one of the nine honorable ordinaries..

Scutch Grass :: Scutch grass () A kind of pasture grass (Cynodon Dactylon). See Bermuda grass: also Illustration in Appendix.

Gyronny :: Gyronny (a.) Covered with gyrons, or divided so as to form several gyrons; -- said of an escutcheon..

Amethyst :: Amethyst () A purple color in a nobleman's escutcheon, or coat of arms..

Abatement :: Abatement (n.) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon.

Base :: Base (n.) The lower part of the field. See Escutcheon.

Doubling :: Doubling (n.) The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon.

Escutcheon :: Escutcheon (n.) A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It is esteemed an index of milking qualities..

Quartering :: Quartering (n.) One of the different coats of arms arranged upon an escutcheon, denoting the descent of the bearer..

Escutcheon :: Escutcheon (n.) That part of a vessel's stern on which her name is written.

Inescutcheon :: Inescutcheon (n.) A small escutcheon borne within a shield.

Abyss :: Abyss (n.) The center of an escutcheon.

Lozenge :: Lozenge (n.) A form of the escutcheon used by women instead of the shield which is used by men.

Field :: Field (n.) The whole surface of an escutcheon; also, so much of it is shown unconcealed by the different bearings upon it. See Illust. of Fess, where the field is represented as gules (red), while the fess is argent (silver)..

Armorial :: Armorial (a.) Belonging to armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of a family..

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