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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..

Boon :: Boon (n.) The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching..

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

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

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..

Scutcher :: Scutcher (n.) An implement or machine for scutching hemp, flax, or cotton; etc.; a scutch; a scutching machine..

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

Party :: Party (v.) Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale..

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

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

Swinglebar :: Swingle (n.) A wooden instrument like a large knife, about two feet long, with one thin edge, used for beating and cleaning flax; a scutcher; -- called also swingling knife, swingling staff, and swingling wand..

Bermuda Grass :: Bermuda grass () A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also scutch grass, and in Bermuda, devil grass..

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

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

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..

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