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Definition of escutcheon
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Escutcheon
(n.) That part of a
vessel's
stern on which her name is
written.
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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..
Dancette
::
Dancette
(a.)
Deeply
indented;
having
large
teeth;
thus, a fess
dancette
has only three teeth in the whole width of the
escutcheon..
Crestless
::
Crestless
(a.)
Without
a crest or
escutcheon;
of low
birth.
Base
::
Base (n.) The lower part of the
field.
See
Escutcheon.
Portate
::
Portate
(a.) Borne not
erect,
but
diagonally
athwart
an
escutcheon;
as, a cross
portate..
Unsoutcheoned
::
Unsoutcheoned
(a.)
Destitute
of an
escutcheon.
Passant
::
Passant
(v. i.)
Walking;
-- said of any
animal
on an
escutcheon,
which is
represented
as
walking
with the
dexter
paw
raised..
Lozenge
::
Lozenge
(n.) A
diamond-shaped
figure
usually
with the upper and lower
angles
slightly
acute,
borne upon a
shield
or
escutcheon.
Cf.
Fusil..
Lozenge
::
Lozenge
(n.) A form of the
escutcheon
used by women
instead
of the
shield
which is used by men.
Coward
::
Coward
(a.) Borne in the
escutcheon
with his tail
doubled
between
his legs; -- said of a lion.
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..
Scutcheon
::
Scutcheon
(n.) A small plate of
metal,
as the
shield
around
a
keyhole.
See
Escutcheon,
4..
Inescutcheon
::
Inescutcheon
(n.) A small
escutcheon
borne
within
a
shield.
Abatement
::
Abatement
(n.) A mark of
dishonor
on an
escutcheon.
Counter-paly
::
Counter-paly
(a.) Paly, and then
divided
fesswise,
so that each
vertical
piece is cut into two,
having
the
colors
used
alternately
or
counterchanged.
Thus the
escutcheon
in the
illustration
may also be
blazoned
paly of six per fess
counterchanged
argent
and
azure..
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..
Pale
::
Pale (n.) One of the
greater
ordinaries,
being a broad
perpendicular
stripe
in an
escutcheon,
equally
distant
from the two
edges,
and
occupying
one third of it..
Escutcheon
::
Escutcheon
(n.) The
surface,
usually
a
shield,
upon which
bearings
are
marshaled
and
displayed.
The
surface
of the
escutcheon
is
called
the
field,
the upper part is
called
the
chief,
and the lower part the base (see
Chiff,
and
Field.).
That side of the
escutcheon
which is on the right hand of the
knight
who bears the
shield
on his arm is
called
dexter,
and the other side
sinister..
Gyronny
::
Gyronny
(a.)
Covered
with
gyrons,
or
divided
so as to form
several
gyrons;
-- said of an
escutcheon..
Marshal
::
Marshal
(v. t.) To
dispose
in due
order,
as the
different
quarterings
on an
escutcheon,
or the
different
crests
when
several
belong
to an
achievement..
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