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"Argent, a chevron or, between three crosslets sable, on the fess point surtout the chevron an escutcheon of pretence gules, three quatrefoils argent. ESCUTCHEON OF PRETENCE. A small escutcheon, on which a man bears the coat of arms of his wife, being an heiress." -Hall, 1862

Escutcheon of Pretence

"Argent, a chevron or, between three crosslets sable, on the fess point surtout the chevron an escutcheon…

"Gules, an estoile argent," or a silver star on a red background. -Whitney, 1911

Estoile

"Gules, an estoile argent," or a silver star on a red background. -Whitney, 1911

"Argent, a fess gules, embattled grady. EMBATTLED GRADY. Where the battlements gradually rise one above another." -Hall, 1862

Fess Embattled Grady

"Argent, a fess gules, embattled grady. EMBATTLED GRADY. Where the battlements gradually rise one above…

"Argent, a fess humetty gules, between three mullets sable. HUMETTY. A term used to denote an ordinary, parts of which are couped or cut off, so that it does not touch the edges of the shield." -Hall, 1862

Fess Humetty

"Argent, a fess humetty gules, between three mullets sable. HUMETTY. A term used to denote an ordinary,…

"Gules, fretty argent. FRETTY. This word denotes a field covered with fretwork or laths interlacing each other." -Hall, 1862

Fretty

"Gules, fretty argent. FRETTY. This word denotes a field covered with fretwork or laths interlacing…

"Gules, fretty of ten pieces, argent. Fretty is when the shield is covered with lines crossing each other diagonally and interlaced." -Hall, 1862

Fretty Ordinary

"Gules, fretty of ten pieces, argent. Fretty is when the shield is covered with lines crossing each…

21 Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight. Judges 6:21 KJV

Shield Showing Garter

21 Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh…

Gules (red) represented on a shield.

Gules

Gules (red) represented on a shield.

A heraldic shield with a red (gules) surface, which is represented by the perpendicular lines, drawn from the head to the base of the shield.

Gules Shield

A heraldic shield with a red (gules) surface, which is represented by the perpendicular lines, drawn…

A shield or escutcheon emblazoned with the color tincture, gules (red), represented by vertical lines.

Gules Shield Color

A shield or escutcheon emblazoned with the color tincture, gules (red), represented by vertical lines.

"GYRON. A triangular figure formed by two lines from one of the angles of the shield to the centre. The gyron may be drawn in any part of the shield, but it is generally placed as in the annexed example." -Hall, 1862

Gyron

"GYRON. A triangular figure formed by two lines from one of the angles of the shield to the centre.…

"Gyronny of eight pieces, azure, argent, and gules. GYRONNY. When the field is covered with gyrons, their points uniting in the centre." -Hall, 1862

Gyronny

"Gyronny of eight pieces, azure, argent, and gules. GYRONNY. When the field is covered with gyrons,…

"Gyronny of eight, gules and argent. GYRONNY. In heraldry, dividend into a number of triangular parts of two different tinctures." -Whitney, 1911

Gyronny

"Gyronny of eight, gules and argent. GYRONNY. In heraldry, dividend into a number of triangular parts…

"Gyrony of eight pieces, argent and gules. The field is said to be gyrony when it is covered with gyrons." -Hall, 1862

Gyrony Ordinary

"Gyrony of eight pieces, argent and gules. The field is said to be gyrony when it is covered with gyrons."…

"Argent, a sinister hand couped at the wrist and erected gules, within a bordure azure. BORDURE or BORDER. This was the most ancient difference in coats of arms, to distinguish different branches of the same family. It is a border round the edge of the shield. Its situation is always the same; but the inner edge may be varied." -Hall, 1862

Hand and Bordure

"Argent, a sinister hand couped at the wrist and erected gules, within a bordure azure. BORDURE or BORDER.…

"Argent, a man's heart gules, ensigned with a celestial crown or. ENSIGNED. This word, in heraldic description, means ornamented." -Hall, 1862

Heart Ensigned

"Argent, a man's heart gules, ensigned with a celestial crown or. ENSIGNED. This word, in heraldic description,…

"Argent, a pale, gules, over all an inescutcheon or, a mullet sable. The inescutcheon is a small escutcheon borne within the shield." -Hall, 1862

Inescutcheon Ordinary

"Argent, a pale, gules, over all an inescutcheon or, a mullet sable. The inescutcheon is a small escutcheon…

"Argent, three inescutcheons gules. INESCUTCHEON. The name given to small escutcheons forming a bearing of a coat of arms." -Hall, 1862

Inescutcheons

"Argent, three inescutcheons gules. INESCUTCHEON. The name given to small escutcheons forming a bearing…

"Argent, a leg erased at the midst of the thigh gules. ERASED. Signifies any thing torn or plucked off from the part to which nature affixed it; generally applied to the head and limbs of man or beast." -Hall, 1862

Leg Erased

"Argent, a leg erased at the midst of the thigh gules. ERASED. Signifies any thing torn or plucked off…

"Argent, a lion rampant guardant gules, debruised by a fess azure. DEBRUISED. Any animal that has an ordinary placed upon it is said to be debruised." -Hall, 1862

Lion Debruised

"Argent, a lion rampant guardant gules, debruised by a fess azure. DEBRUISED. Any animal that has an…

"Or, from the midst of a fess, gules, a lion rampant naissant. NAISSANT. A French word signifying coming out. It is used when a lion or any other animal appears to be rising out of the centre of an ordinary." -Hall, 1862

Lion Naissant

"Or, from the midst of a fess, gules, a lion rampant naissant. NAISSANT. A French word signifying coming…

"Or, two lions passant counter passant gules, the uppermost facing the sinister side of the escutcheon, both collared sable, garnished argent. COUNTER PASSANT. Two animals passing the contrary way to each other." -Hall, 1862

Lions Counter Passant

"Or, two lions passant counter passant gules, the uppermost facing the sinister side of the escutcheon,…

"Lozengy gules and argent. LOZENGY. Covered with lozenges." -Hall, 1862

Lozengy

"Lozengy gules and argent. LOZENGY. Covered with lozenges." -Hall, 1862

"Argent, a manche, gules. MANCHE. An ancient sleeve with long hangings to it." -Hall, 1862

Manche

"Argent, a manche, gules. MANCHE. An ancient sleeve with long hangings to it." -Hall, 1862

"Argent, a martlet, gules. MARTLET. An imaginary bird said to be without legs; it is used both as a charge and a difference." -Hall, 1862

Martlet

"Argent, a martlet, gules. MARTLET. An imaginary bird said to be without legs; it is used both as a…

"Gules, a mascle, argent. The mascle is in the shape of a lozenge but perforated through its whole extent except a narrow border." -Hall, 1862

Mascle Ordinary

"Gules, a mascle, argent. The mascle is in the shape of a lozenge but perforated through its whole extent…

"Argent, a mermaid gules, crined or. CRINED. This is said of an animal whose hair is of a different tincture from its body." -Hall, 1862

Mermaid Crined

"Argent, a mermaid gules, crined or. CRINED. This is said of an animal whose hair is of a different…

"Argent, a millrind, gules. MILLRIND. The iron placed in the centre of a grindstone to protect the hole in the centre from the action of the axis; it is a charge frequently borne on escutcheons of persons connected with agriculture." -Hall, 1862

Millrind

"Argent, a millrind, gules. MILLRIND. The iron placed in the centre of a grindstone to protect the hole…

"Argent, three mullets gules, accompanied with seven cross crosslets fitchy sable—three in chief, one in fess, two in flanks, one in base. FLANK. That part of an escutcheon between the chief and the base." -Hall, 1862

Mullets and Cross Crosslets

"Argent, three mullets gules, accompanied with seven cross crosslets fitchy sable—three in chief,…

"KNIGHT AND BARONET OF NOVA SCOTIA. A new creation during the reign of George I. to induce capitalists to settle in that part of North America. The title is hereditary: the arms are argent, St. Andrew's Cross gules surtout, an escutcheon or, with a lion rampant gules within a double tressure of the same, surmounted by a king's crown as a crest." -Hall, 1862

Knight and Baronet of Nova Scotia

"KNIGHT AND BARONET OF NOVA SCOTIA. A new creation during the reign of George I. to induce capitalists…

The Argent Ordinary is in the sinister base a triangle gules (red).

Argent Ordinary

The Argent Ordinary is in the sinister base a triangle gules (red).

The Argent Ordinary has the color gules (red) on the dexter tierce (right side).

Argent Ordinary

The Argent Ordinary has the color gules (red) on the dexter tierce (right side).

The Argent Ordinary is a pall design in gules (red) color.

Argent Ordinary

The Argent Ordinary is a pall design in gules (red) color.

The Argent Ordinary has a base color of gules or red.

Argent Ordinary

The Argent Ordinary has a base color of gules or red.

The Checky Ordinary has twenty checkers that are or and gules (red) colors.

Checky Ordinary

The Checky Ordinary has twenty checkers that are or and gules (red) colors.

The Gules Ordinary is a pale (vertical band down middle of shield) of or color.

Gules Ordinary

The Gules Ordinary is a pale (vertical band down middle of shield) of or color.

The Gules Ordinary is four wolf's teeth in argent (silver), moving from the sinister (left) side.

Gules Ordinary

The Gules Ordinary is four wolf's teeth in argent (silver), moving from the sinister (left) side.

The Gyronny of Four Ordinary is in argent (silver) and gules (red). It is pointing towards the dexter (right) side.

Gyronny of Four Ordinary

The Gyronny of Four Ordinary is in argent (silver) and gules (red). It is pointing towards the dexter…

The Or Ordinary is a fesse gules (red) color.

Or Ordinary

The Or Ordinary is a fesse gules (red) color.

The Or Ordinary is cross in gules (red) color.

Or Ordinary

The Or Ordinary is cross in gules (red) color.

The Or Ordinary is a bend (band) in gules (red) color.

Or Ordinary

The Or Ordinary is a bend (band) in gules (red) color.

The Party Per Pale and Saltire Ordinary is in gules (red) and argent (silver).

Party Per Pale and Saltire Ordinary

The Party Per Pale and Saltire Ordinary is in gules (red) and argent (silver).

The Per Fesse Ordinary has an upper half that is per pale sable (black) and gules (red), and the lower half is argent (silver).

Per Fesse Ordinary

The Per Fesse Ordinary has an upper half that is per pale sable (black) and gules (red), and the lower…

The Per Fesse Ordinary has gules (red) and argent (silver), and a pale counterchanged.

Per Fesse Ordinary

The Per Fesse Ordinary has gules (red) and argent (silver), and a pale counterchanged.

The Per Fesse Ordinary is of or and gules (red) color.

Per Fesse Ordinary

The Per Fesse Ordinary is of or and gules (red) color.

The Per Fesse Angled Ordinary is in argent (silver) and gules (red).

Per Fesse Angled Ordinary

The Per Fesse Angled Ordinary is in argent (silver) and gules (red).

The Per Fesse Dentilly is in gules (red) and argent (silver).

Per Fesse Dentilly Ordinary

The Per Fesse Dentilly is in gules (red) and argent (silver).

The Per Fesse Potented is in or and gules (red).

Per Fesse Potented Ordinary

The Per Fesse Potented is in or and gules (red).

The Per Pall Ordinary is in sable (black), argent (silver) and gules (red).

Per Pall Ordinary

The Per Pall Ordinary is in sable (black), argent (silver) and gules (red).

The Quarterly Ordinary has the 1st and 4rth per pale in argent (silver) and gules (red) color, the 2nd and 3rd are of or color.

Quarterly Ordinary

The Quarterly Ordinary has the 1st and 4rth per pale in argent (silver) and gules (red) color, the 2nd…

"Or, a pale purpure, flory and counter flory gules. COUNTER FLORY. Any ordinary ornamented with fleurs-de-luce: the points of the flowers run alternately in a contrary direction." -Hall, 1862

Pale Counter Flory

"Or, a pale purpure, flory and counter flory gules. COUNTER FLORY. Any ordinary ornamented with fleurs-de-luce:…

"Azure, on a pale, walled on each side with three battlements argent, an endorse gules. WALLED. A term sometimes used in Heraldry. When an ordinary is edged or guarded by an embattled wall." -Hall, 1862

Pale Walled

"Azure, on a pale, walled on each side with three battlements argent, an endorse gules. WALLED. A term…

"PALLET. A diminutive of the pale." -Hall, 1862

Pallet

"PALLET. A diminutive of the pale." -Hall, 1862

"Argent, a pallet, gules. The pale has a diminutive called the pallet, which is one half the width of the pale." -Hall, 1862

Pallet Ordinary

"Argent, a pallet, gules. The pale has a diminutive called the pallet, which is one half the width of…

"Paly of four, argent and gules. PALY. A field divided by perpendicular lines into several equal parts of metal and tincture interchangeably disposed." -Hall, 1862

Paly

"Paly of four, argent and gules. PALY. A field divided by perpendicular lines into several equal parts…

"PARTED PER PALE AND PER BEND SINISTER Counterchanged, or and gules. PARTY or PARTED signifies divided, and applies to the several parts of an escutcheon parted by a line, which always runs in the direction of one or more of the honourable ordinaries." -Hall, 1862

Parted Per Pale and Per Bend Sinister

"PARTED PER PALE AND PER BEND SINISTER Counterchanged, or and gules. PARTY or PARTED signifies divided,…

"PARTED PER PALE AND PER CHEVRON Gules and or, counter changed. PARTY or PARTED signifies divided, and applies to the several parts of an escutcheon parted by a line, which always runs in the direction of one or more of the honourable ordinaries." -Hall, 1862

Parted Per Pale and Per Chevron

"PARTED PER PALE AND PER CHEVRON Gules and or, counter changed. PARTY or PARTED signifies divided, and…

"Party per fess, engrailed, argent and gules. PARTY PER FESS. A shield parted in the centre by an horizontal line through the fess point." -Hall, 1862

Party Per Fess Engrailed

"Party per fess, engrailed, argent and gules. PARTY PER FESS. A shield parted in the centre by an horizontal…

"Parted per pale, gules and argent. PARTY PER PALE. This signifies a shield parted by a perpendicular line down the centre, so that one shield may contain two coats of arms." -Hall, 1862

Party Per Pale

"Parted per pale, gules and argent. PARTY PER PALE. This signifies a shield parted by a perpendicular…

"Quarterly per pale dove-tailed, or and gules. DOVETAILED. A term borrowed from carpentry to show tinctures joined together by reversed wedges, which, being shaped like doves' tails, are by joiners called dovetailing." -Hall, 1862

Quarterly Dove-Tailed

"Quarterly per pale dove-tailed, or and gules. DOVETAILED. A term borrowed from carpentry to show tinctures…