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1. accollé, adj. View full entry 1664
...Entwined, wreathed; (spec. of a heraldic animal) wreathed about the neck, collared, gorged. Cf. accolled1, 2. Now rare....
2. accolled, adj. View full entry 1612
...Heraldry. Intertwined; entwined, wreathed....
3. accompaniment, n. View full entry 1697
...Music....
4. accosted, adj. and n. View full entry 1632
...Heraldry. Of a charge: flanked by other charges; spec. = cotisedcotise. Obs....
5. accrued, adj. View full entry 1656
...Accumulated or increased by growth; (esp. of interest, leave) built up over time....
6. acorned, adj. View full entry 1610
...Provided or decorated with acorns; bearing acorns. In early use chiefly Heraldry....
7. alicorn, n. View full entry 1678
...A (mythical) animal supposedly resembling a bull with wavy horns, sometimes used as a heraldic device....
8. anchored, adj. View full entry 1611
...With the anchor let down to the ground....
9. ˈAndrew, n. View full entry 1618
...A broadsword, an ‘Andrea Ferrara.’ Obs.rare....
10. annulated, adj. View full entry 1668
...‘That weareth rings, ringed.’ Blount Glossogr....
11. anserated, adj. View full entry 1688
...Of a cross: Having the extremities cleft and terminated (orig.) in the heads of serpents, (subseq.) of eagles, lions or other animals....
12. ˈaquilated, adj. View full entry 1688
...(See quot.)...
13. armorial, adj. and n. View full entry a1608
...Pertaining to heraldic arms....
14. aspersed, adj. View full entry 1655
...Besprinkled; spec. in Heraldry strewed or powdered with a number of small charges, such as fleur-de-lis....
15. assumptive, adj. View full entry 1610
...Characterized by being assumed or taken to oneself. assumptive arms in Heraldry (see quot.)...
16. augˈmented, adj. View full entry 1605
...Made greater, increased, intensified....
17. aˈversant, adj. View full entry 1657
...Disinclined, averse. Obs.rare....
18. batoned, adj. View full entry 1691
...Furnished or armed with, or bearing, a baton; in Heraldry marked with, or bearing, the baton of bastardy....
19. ˈbendwise, adv. View full entry 1610
...In the position occupied by a bend on a shield; in the direction of a bend, diagonally....
20. blazonry, n. View full entry 1622
...The description or depicting of heraldic devices....
