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1. adossé, adj. View full entry 1710
...= addorsed...
2. affrontee, adj. View full entry 1718
...orig. Heraldry. Of two figures in a design: facing each other. Cf. affronted3, confronté Now rare....
3. † afgod, n. View full entry 1769
...An idol, a heathen god. Also: a heraldic dragon associated with such an idol or god....
4. animé, adj. View full entry 1730
...Of a heraldic animal: having eyes of a different colour from the animal itself (indicating readiness to fight). Cf. incensed3....
5. appointé, adj. View full entry 1753
6. armiger, n. View full entry 1782
...An esquire; orig. one who attended a knight to bear his shield, etc.; in later usage, one entitled to bear heraldic arms....
7. armigerous, adj. View full entry 1731
...Entitled to bear (heraldic) arms....
8. arrondi, adj. View full entry 1728
...Rounded: applied to parts of a coat of arms, represented (by shading) as having a rounded surface....
9. † ballet, n.2 View full entry 1728
...(A representation of) a little ball....
10. bandlet, n. View full entry 1728
...A small band, fillet, or streak; in Archit. = bandelet...
11. bevelled | beveled, adj. View full entry 1758
...Made or cut to a bevel; sloped off....
12. blazoned, adj. View full entry 1762
...Painted with a heraldic device....
13. caˈboching | caˈbossing, n. View full entry 1727
...(See quot. 1727.)...
14. chaussé, adj. View full entry 1727
...(See quot. 1727.)...
15. chevrony, adj. View full entry 1724
...Heraldry. Charged with chevrons....
16. contourné, adj. View full entry 1728
...Turned about, i.e. towards the sinister or left....
17. couché, adj. View full entry 1727-31
...Said of a shield suspended by the sinister corner so as to hang in a slanting position; also = couchedb....
18. † ˈcounter-band, n.2 View full entry 1738
...A bend sinister (French barre)....
19. † counter-ˈbended, adj. View full entry 1738
...= counter-bendy...
20. † counter-ˈbendy, adj. View full entry 1728
...Bendy, with the bends formed of two halves of different tinctures counterchanged....
