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Point :: Point (n.) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon. See Escutcheon.

Palet :: Palet (n.) A perpendicular band upon an escutcheon, one half the breadth of the pale..

Dancette :: Dancette (a.) Deeply indented; having large teeth; thus, a fess dancette has only three teeth in the whole width of the escutcheon..

Couche :: Couche (v. t.) Not erect; inclined; -- said of anything that is usually erect, as an escutcheon..

Gules :: Gules (n.) The tincture red, indicated in seals and engraved figures of escutcheons by parallel vertical lines. Hence, used poetically for a red color or that which is red..

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

Couche :: Couche (v. t.) Lying on its side; thus, a chevron couche is one which emerges from one side of the escutcheon and has its apex on the opposite side, or at the fess point..

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

Lozenge :: Lozenge (n.) A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf. Fusil..

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

Coward :: Coward (a.) Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; -- said of a lion.

Supporter :: Supporter (n.) A figure, sometimes of a man, but commonly of some animal, placed on either side of an escutcheon, and exterior to it. Usually, both supporters of an escutcheon are similar figures..

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

Quarter :: Quarter (n.) One of the divisions of an escutcheon when it is divided into four portions by a horizontal and a perpendicular line meeting in the fess point.

Shield :: Shield (n.) The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms. Cf. Lozenge. See Illust. of Escutcheon.

Marshaling :: Marshaling (n.) The arrangement of an escutcheon to exhibit the alliances of the owner.

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..

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

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.) 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..

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