"Azure, a dexter arm vambraced couped, the fist clenched proper. CLENCHED. The fingers pressed towards…
"Argent, a battering ram proper. BATTERING RAM. An instrument used for battering down walls before gunpowder…
"Argent, a barrulet gules, belled with three bells proper. BELLED. Having bells." -Hall, 1862
"Argent, a boar's head proper couped. COUPED. The head or limbs of any animal cut close is called couped."…
"Argent, a boujet proper. BOUJET. An ancient water bucket, frequently borne in shields of arms." -Hall,…
"Argent, a caltrop proper. CALTROP. An iron instrument made to annoy an enemy's cavalry. They were formed…
"Argent, a chaplet proper. CHAPLET. An ancient ornament for the head, granted to gallant knights for…
"Argent, an eagle proper en arrière. EN ARRIÈRE. An expression borrowed from the French,…
"Argent, a garbe proper. GARBE. The heraldic term for a sheaf of any kind of corn." -Hall, 1862
"Argent, an habergeon proper. HABERGEON. A coat of mail: it is also called a corslet and cuirass." -Hall,…
"Argent, a salmon proper haurient. HAURIENT. A fish, in a perpendicular direction, with its head upwards."…
"Azure, a moon decrescent, proper. DECRESSANT, or DECRESCENT. A moon in its wane, whose horns are turned…
"Argent, a serpent nowed proper. NOWED. This word signifies tied or knotted, and is applied to serpents,…
"Argent, a stag at gaze proper. GAZE. An intent look. This is said of a deer standing still, and turning…
"Argent, a stag lodged, proper, attired, or. ATTIRED. When the horns of a stag are of a different tincture…
"Argent, a stag's head caboshed, proper. CABOCHED or CABOSHED. Beasts' heads borne without any part…
"Argent, a sword proper couped, hilted or. HILTED. The handle of a sword tinctured." -Hall, 1862
"Azure, three unicorns' heads proper, erased, horned or. HORNED. This term is used to denote that the…