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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..

Crestless :: Crestless (a.) Without a crest or escutcheon; of low birth.

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

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

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

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

Escocheon :: Escocheon (n.) Escutcheon.

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..

Gyron :: Gyron (n.) A subordinary of triangular form having one of its angles at the fess point and the opposite aide at the edge of the escutcheon. When there is only one gyron on the shield it is bounded by two lines drawn from the fess point, one horizontally to the dexter side, and one to the dexter chief corner..

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..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bearing :: Bearing (n.) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms -- commonly in the pl.

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)..

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

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