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1. acorned, adj. View full entry 1610
...Provided or decorated with acorns; bearing acorns. In early use chiefly Heraldry....
2. assumptive, adj. View full entry 1610
...Characterized by being assumed or taken to oneself. assumptive arms in Heraldry (see quot.)...
3. ˈbendwise, adv. View full entry 1610
...In the position occupied by a bend on a shield; in the direction of a bend, diagonally....
4. ˈbordured, adj. View full entry 1610
...Having a bordure....
5. ˈborduring, n. View full entry 1610
...The application of a bordure; bordures collectively....
6. ˈchabot, n. View full entry 1610
...The fish called Miller's Thumb....
7. counter-compony, adj. View full entry 1610
...Composed of two conjoined rows of squares of alternate tinctures....
8. counter-ˈsalient, adj. View full entry 1610
...Said of two animals borne as charges: Salient in opposite directions....
9. ˌcounter-ˈtripping, adj. View full entry 1610
...Said of two stags, hinds, etc.: Walking in opposite directions on the same plane....
10. dancetté | dancettee, adj. View full entry 1610
...Of a line, the edges of a fesse, etc.: Having large and deeply marked indentations, usually three in number; = dancy...
11. decrement, n. View full entry 1610
...The process or fact of decreasing or growing gradually less, or (with pl.) an instance of this; decrease, diminution, lessening, waste, loss. (Opposed to increment.)...
12. decrescent, adj. and n. View full entry 1610
...Decreasing, growing gradually less. Chiefly of the moon: Waning, in her decrement; in Heraldry represented with the horns towards the sinister side. In Bot. applied to organs which...
13. erasing, n. View full entry 1610
...The action of the verb erase...
14. escallop, n. View full entry 1610
...A bivalve mollusc of the genus Pecten; = scallop1....
15. eˈscallop-ˈshell, n. View full entry 1610
...The shell of the escallop, usually a single valve of the shell....
16. escroll, n. View full entry 1610
...Law. = escrowObs....
17. flotant, adj. View full entry 1610
...(See quot. 182840.)...
18. fructed, adj. View full entry 1610
...Of a tree or plant: Having fruit (of a specified tincture)....
19. † gardevisure, n. View full entry 1610
...The visor of a helmet....
20. gorged, adj.2 View full entry 1610
...Heraldry. Having the gorge or neck encircled (with a coronet, etc.)....
