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1. arrondi, adj. View full entry 1728

...Rounded: applied to parts of a coat of arms, represented (by shading) as having a rounded surface....

2. † ballet, n.2 View full entry 1728

...(A representation of) a little ball....

3. bandlet, n. View full entry 1728

...A small band, fillet, or streak; in Archit. = bandelet...

4. contourné, adj. View full entry 1728

...Turned about, i.e. towards the sinister or left....

5. † ˈcounter-band, n.2 View full entry 1738

...A bend sinister (French barre)....

7. † counter-ˈbendy, adj. View full entry 1728

...Bendy, with the bends formed of two halves of different tinctures counterchanged....

8. counter-ˈchevroned | counter-ˈchevrony, adj. View full entry 1728

...Of a shield: Chevrony and divided pale-wise, the half chevrons being of alternate tinctures....

9. ˈcounter-ˌermine, n. View full entry 1728

...The reverse of ermine; = ermines...

10. ˈcounter-ˌpaled, adj. View full entry 1728

...Of a shield: Parted into an even number of divisions pale-wise, and divided fess-wise, the tinctures of the upper and lower halves being counterchanged....

12. découplé, adj. View full entry 1728

...(See quots.)...

13. decours, n. View full entry 1728

...= decrement1c....

14. demembré, adj. View full entry 1728

...= dismembered...

16. effaré, adj. View full entry 1728

...(See quot.)...

17. † equippee, adj. View full entry 1728

...(See quots.)...

18. fer-de-moline, n. View full entry 1728

...(See quots.)...

19. indentee, adj. View full entry 1738

...(See quots.)...

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