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Heraldic Terms in the Description
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argent - | silver or white |
azure - | blue |
bend - | a band crossing the shield diagonally from dexter chief to sinister base |
dexter - | the right-hand side (of the wearer, i.e. the spectator's left) |
embowed - | bent (like a bow) |
fess - | a band drawn horizontally across the middle of the shield |
gules - | red |
lozenge - | a diamond (as on a playing card) |
mural - | like a wall |
or - | gold |
per pale - | from top to bottom |
proper - | in natural colours |
quarterly - | by quarters of the shield in the following order:- |
| | 1st - Dexter chief (spectator's top left) |
| | 2nd - sinister chief (spectator's top right) |
| | 3rd -dexter base (spectator's bottom left) |
| | 4th -sinister base (spectator's bottom right) |
sinister - | the left-hand side (of the wearer, ie. the spectator's right) |
vert - | green |