HERALDRY TERMS
Argent is the tincture of silver
"argent":
1. adj. in white or silver.
Azure is the tincture with the colour blue
bandlet: Moulding in the form of a ring; at top of a column
"bend":
1. n. a broad diagonal stripe connecting the viewer's upper left and
lower right.
"bendlet":
1. n. a narrow diagonal stripe connecting the viewer's upper left
and lower right.
"canton":
1. n. a large, square figure covering the corner in the viewer's
upper left.
2. n. the corner in the viewer's upper left (in canton).
"charged":
1. adj. having another charge placed so it lies entirely on the
first
(a roundel charged with a
mullet).
Cottised: Set between two cottises
cottises: A diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area
or one quarter
the area of the bend.
When a single cottise is used alone it is often called a cost.
Dexter: a heraldry
term referring to the right of the bearer of the arms,
and to the left by the
viewer's eyes.
"dexter":
1. n. the side to the viewer's left, which would be the
shield-bearer's right.
2. adj. (of a left-right pair) right (a dexter glove).
"erased":
1. adj. (of a limb) severed with a jagged cut.
"fesswise":
1. adj. (of charges) oriented so that the long axis lies
horizontally, facing to the viewer's left.
"gules":
1. adj. in red.
"mullet":
1. n. a charge representing a star or spur rowel, composed of a
symmetric a
rrangement of straight
rays or points.
"Or":
1. adj. (usually capitalized) in yellow or gold.
"sable":
1. adj. in black
Sinister: Situated on or being the side of a shield on the wearer's
left and the
observer's right
"sinister":
1. n. the side to the viewer's right, which would be the
shield-bearer's left (passant to sinister).
2. adj. having left and right transposed (a bend sinister).
3. adj. (of any left-right pair) left (a sinister foot).
The Cross of Lorraine, ‡, is a heraldic cross. The "double cross"
consists
of a vertical line
crossed by two smaller horizontal bars.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_of_Lorraine
Ad astra is a Latin phrase meaning "to the stars"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_astra_%28phrase%29
The Latin phrase Per aspera ad Astra literally means
"Through hardships to the
stars".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_aspera_ad_Astra
This wiki page could use an 18th artillery entry
Arms of Champagne
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/fr-89-sf.html
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