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Ordinaries |
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| Bend: | Palewise, point to base |
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| Cross: | Crosswise |
| Saltire: | Saltirewise |
Shapes & Symbols |
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| Ankh: | Crosswise |
| Billet: | Upright |
| Card-Pique: | Point to chief (Card-Pique); palewise (Card-Pique) |
| Chi-Rho: | Upright |
| Compass Rose: | Highlighted point to chief |
| Compass Star: | One point to chief |
| Cornice: | One point to chief |
| Crampon: | Palewise |
| Cross (Charge): | Crosswise (Cross Barby, Cross Of Jerusalem, Cross Fitchy, Cross Of Santiago, Patriarchal Cross, Latin Cross Bottony, Cross of St. Brigid, Cross Of Lorraine, Doubled Cross, Cross Crescenty, Cross Pointed Voided Pometty, Cross Formy Fitchy At The Foot, Latin Cross Clechy, Greek Cross, Cross Formy Double-Pommeled at the Foot, Cross Clechy, Bowen Cross, Cross Fourchy, Latin Cross Patonce, Cross Formy Calvary, Cross Alisée, Ragged Cross, Russian Orthodox Cross, Latin Cross Couped, Cross Floretty, Latin Cross or Passion Cross, Canterbury Cross, Cross Swallowtailed, Cross Potent Voided, Cross Potent Conjoined to an Annulet, Cross Capital, Cross Glandular, Cross Miller, Cross Of Four Lozenges, Cross of Annulets Braced, Cross Moline Disjointed, Cross Pointed Voided, Cross Annuletty, Coptic Cross, Latin Cross Pomelly, Latin Cross Flory, Cross Bottony Fitchy, Cross Patonce, Norse Sun-Cross, Cross Pointed, Cross Of Calvary, Cross Doubly Pommeled, Equal-Armed Celtic Cross, Cross Formy Fitchy, Key Cross, Cross Potent, Maltese Cross, Avellane Cross, Cross Of Four Ermine Spots, Cross Of Calatrava, Cross Of Toulouse, Cross Pomelly, Celtic Cross, Cross Flory, Cross Crosslet Fitchy, Cross Bottony, Cross Moline); crosswise, upright (Wooden Latin Cross Couped); point to base (Cross of Four Hearts Conjoined at the Points); crosswise throughout (Cross Rayonnant) |
| Delf: | Flat side to base |
| Escarbuncle: | One arm to chief |
| Fylfot: | Crosswise |
| Heart: | Point to base |
| Knot: | Ends in fess (Stafford Knot); one loop to chief (Trefoil Knot, Quatrefoil Knot); center loop to chief (Hungerford Knot); crosswise (Lacy Knot); fesswise (Wake Knot or Ormonde Knot); free ends to base (Agemaki Knot); two loops to chief (Heneage Knot); one point to chief (Lacy Knot) |
| Lozenge: | One point to chief |
| Mascle: | One point to chief |
| Masculyn: | One point to chief |
| Mullet: | One point to chief |
| Nailpuller: | One point to chief |
| Polygon: | Flat side to base |
| Rogacina: | Point to chief |
| Roundel: | Delf with flat side to base |
| Rustre: | One point to chief |
| Spur-Rowel: | One point to chief |
| Star of David: | One point to chief |
| Tortoise-Shell Plate: | Point to chief |
| Triangle: | Flat side to base |
| Umebachi: | One circle to chief |
| Valknut: | Points to chief |
| Well Frame: | One corner to chief |
| Zule: | Central portion palewise |
The World & Heavens |
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| Cloud: | Fesswise (Cloud); rays to base (Thunder-Cloud) |
| Comet: | Palewise, tail to base |
| Crescent: | Horns open to chief |
| Estoile: | One point to chief |
| Flame: | Tongues extending to chief |
| Lightning: | Palewise |
| Moon: | Points to dexter if “increscent,” or to sinister if “decrescent” (Increscent Moon); affronty (Moon In Her Plenitude) |
| Mount: | Issuant from base |
| Mountain: | Issuant from base |
| Rainbow: | Fesswise enarched to chief |
| Sunburst: | Rays to chief |
| Thunderbolt: | Flame palewise, wings fesswise, lightning in saltire |
| Wind: | Upright, facing dexter |
Plants |
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| Acanthus: | Stem to base |
| Acorn: | Stem to chief |
| Aloe Vera: | Points to chief |
| Apple: | Stem to chief (Apple Sprig, Apple Slipped and Leaved Inverted, Apple Slipped and Leaved, Apple); fruit to chief (Apple Tree) |
| Ash: | Roots to base |
| Aspen: | Stem to base |
| Bamboo: | Palewise |
| Banana: | Stem to chief |
| Bean: | Unclear (Bean); stem to chief (Beanpod) |
| Beech: | Stem to base |
| Belladona: | Upright |
| Birch: | Stem to base |
| Blackberry: | Stems to base |
| Borage: | Blossom affronty |
| Branch: | Palewise |
| Broom: | Pods to chief |
| Cabbage: | Stem to base |
| Carrot: | Stem to chief |
| Cattail: | Upright |
| Chrysanthemum: | Affronty (Chrysanthemum of 14 Petals, Chrysanthemum of 12 Petals); stem to base (Chrysanthemum Leaf) |
| Cinquefoil: | One point to chief |
| Citron: | Stem to chief |
| Clove: | Palewise, tips to chief |
| Columbine: | Pendent to dexter |
| Créquier: | Roots to base |
| Cucumber: | Stem to chief |
| Daisy: | Affronty |
| Dandelion: | Affronty |
| Dogwood: | Affronty |
| Eggplant: | Fruit with stems to chief; plant with roots to base |
| Elder: | Stem to base |
| Elderflower: | Stem to base |
| Fig: | Stem to base |
| Flax: | Stem to base |
| Fleur de Lys: | Point to chief |
| Foxglove: | Stem to base |
| Garlic: | Bulb to base |
| Gentian: | Blossoms to chief |
| Gillyflower: | Affronty, or nearly so |
| Ginger: | Palewise |
| Gourd: | Stem to chief |
| Grape: | Stem to base (Bunch of Grapes, Grape Vine, Grape Leaf); stem to chief (Bunch of Grapes Slipped and Leaved) |
| Hazel: | Stem to base |
| Heather: | Stem to base |
| Hemp: | Stem to base |
| Holly: | Stem to base |
| Hop: | Stem to chief |
| Ivy: | Stem to base |
| Juniper: | Stem to base |
| Lady's Mantle: | Stem to base |
| Laurel: | Tips to chief (Laurel Wreath); stem to base (Laurel Leaf) |
| Leek: | Bulb to base |
| Lemon: | Stem to chief |
| Lettuce: | Roots to base |
| Lilac: | Stem to base |
| Lily: | Stem to base |
| Linden: | Stem to base (Linden Branch, Linden Branch of Three Leaves Throughout Bendwise, Linden Leaf Inverted Slipped to Base, Linden Tree Eradicated, Linden Leaf Inverted, Linden Leaf, Linden Branch Twined on Itself); roots to base (Linden Tree, Linden Tree Eradicated); in pall (Three Linden Leaves Conjoined In Pall) |
| Lotus: | Affronty |
| Magnolia: | Upright |
| Mallow: | Roots to base |
| Mandrake: | Affronty, feet to base |
| Maple: | Stem to base |
| Marigold: | Unknown |
| Mistletoe: | Stem to base |
| Mushroom: | Stem to base |
| Nesselblatt: | One large point to base |
| Nettle: | Stem to base |
| Oak: | Stem to base (Six Oak Leaves In Annulo, Oak Sprig, Oak Sprig Fructed, Oak Leaf); roots to base (Oak Tree Eradicated, Oak Tree, Oak Tree Fructed, Oak Tree Fructed and Eradicated) |
| Octofoil: | One point to chief |
| Olive: | Palewise |
| Onion: | Bulb to base |
| Palm: | Palewise, leaves to chief |
| Pea: | Stem to base |
| Pear: | Stem to chief (Pear); trunk to base (Pear Tree) |
| Peony: | Blossom affronty |
| Pepper: | Stem to chief |
| Pine: | Roots to base |
| Plane: | Roots to base |
| Pomegranate: | Stem to base |
| Poplar: | Stem to base |
| Pumpkin: | Stem to chief |
| Quatrefoil: | One point to chief |
| Quince: | Stem to base |
| Radish: | Upright |
| Rose: | Blossom affronty |
| Rowan: | Stem to base (Cluster of Rowan Berries, Rowan Leaf); roots to base (Rowan Tree Eradicated, Rowan Tree) |
| Rue: | Stem to base |
| Seeblatt: | Opening to chief |
| Sexfoil: | One point to chief |
| Shamrock: | Slip to base |
| Star-of-Bethlehem: | One point to chief |
| Strawberry: | Stem to base (Strawberry Leaf, 3 Strawberry Leaves); stem to chief (Strawberry); roots to base (Strawberry Plant) |
| Sunflower: | Affronty |
| Tabacco: | Palewise |
| Teazel: | Stem to base |
| Thistle: | Palewise, in profile; slipped and leaved by default |
| Tiercefeuille: | One point to base |
| Tree: | Roots to base |
| Trefoil: | Slip to base |
| Trillium: | Affronty, one large petal to base |
| Tulip: | Stem to base |
| Turnip: | Roots to base |
| Wheat: | Stems to base (Sheaf of Wheat, Garb of Wheat); stem to base (Ear of Wheat, Stalk of Wheat) |
| Willow: | Roots to base |
| Wood Sorrel: | Blossoms affronty; stems to base |
| Wreath: | In annulo |
Invertebrates |
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| Bee: | Volant in arrière |
| Butterfly: | Volant in arrière |
| Cicada: | Tergiant |
| Claw: | Tergiant |
| Crab: | Tergiant |
| Crayfish: | Tergiant |
| Cricket: | Statant |
| Dragonfly: | Volant in arrière |
| Grasshopper: | Statant |
| Ladybird: | Tergiant |
| Lobster: | Tergiant |
| Moth: | Volant in arrière |
| Prawn: | Tergiant |
| Scorpion: | Tergiant |
| Slug: | Facing dexter |
| Snail: | Opening to dexter chief (Snail Shell); facing dexter (Snail) |
| Spider: | Tergiant |
| Stag Beetle: | Tergiant |
| Wasp: | Volant in arrière |
Fishes |
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| Barbel: | Naiant |
| Calamarie: | Tentacles to chief |
| Carp: | Naiant |
| Catfish: | Naiant |
| Chabot: | Tergiant |
| Dolphin: | Naiant |
| Eel: | Naiant |
| Escallop: | Hinge to chief |
| Fish: | Naiant |
| Goldfish: | Naiant |
| Lucy: | Naiant |
| Manatee: | Naiant |
| Polypus: | Tentacles to base |
| Sea-Bear: | Erect |
| Sea-Boar: | Erect |
| Sea-Dog: | Erect |
| Sea-Dragon: | Erect |
| Sea-Fox: | Erect |
| Sea-Goat: | Erect |
| Sea-Horse: | Erect |
| Sea-Lion: | Erect |
| Sea-Otter: | Erect |
| Sea-Tortoise: | Tergiant palewise |
| Sea-Wolf: | Erect |
| Skeleton: | Upright affronty |
| Stockfish: | Tergiant |
| Trout: | Naiant |
| Turbot: | Tergiant |
| Whale: | Naiant |
| Whelk: | Point to base |
Reptiles |
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| Basilisk: | Statant, wings addorsed |
| Caduceus: | Upright |
| Caldera Gringolada: | Upright |
| Chameleon: | Statant |
| Cockatrice: | Statant wings addorsed |
| Dragon: | Segreant (rampant wings addorsed) |
| Frog: | Tergiant |
| Hydra: | Segreant (rampant wings addorsed) |
| Rod of Asclepius: | Upright |
| Salamander: | Statant |
| Toad: | Tergiant |
| Tortoise: | Tergiant |
| Wyvern: | Statant, wings addorsed (Wyvern Tail Nowed, Wyvern Dexter Forepaw Raised, Wyvern Erect Wings Displayed, Wyvern Wings Displayed, Wyvern Sejant Erect Affronty Wings Displayed, Wyvern Erect, Wyvern); sejant or statant, considered equivalent for wyverns (Wyvern Wings Displayed) |
Birds |
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| Alerion: | Displayed |
| Auk: | Close |
| Bat: | Displayed guardant |
| Bird: | Palewise, claws to base (Bird's Jambe Erased, Bird's Jambe Conjoined to a Wing Involved, Bird's Jambe Couped); close (Bird, Bird Regardant Wings Addorsed, Bird Volant Wings Addorsed, Bird Rising) |
| Cock: | Close |
| Cormorant: | Close |
| Coxcomb: | Fringe to chief |
| Crane: | Close, typically drawn with one leg raised, frequently shown holding a rock, which may be blazoned “in its vigilance” |
| Crow: | Close |
| Dove: | Close |
| Duck: | Close |
| Eagle: | Displayed (Eagle’s Head Couped, Eagle Striking, Eagle Trussing an Infant, Eagle Rising, Eagle's Leg Erased, Double-headed Eagle, Eagle’s Head Erased, Double-Headed Eagle, Eagle); palewise, claws to base (Eagle's Leg Erased Grasping A Fish, Eagle's Leg Erased) |
| Egg: | Palewise |
| Falcon: | Close |
| Feather: | Quill to base |
| Flamingo: | Close |
| Goose: | Close |
| Hawk: | Close |
| Hen: | Statant close (Hen); close (Hen) |
| Heron: | Statant close |
| Hummingbird: | Close |
| Lure: | Cord to chief |
| Magpie: | Close |
| Martlet: | Close |
| Merlette: | Close |
| Moorcock: | Close |
| Ostrich: | Close |
| Owl: | Close guardant |
| Panache: | Quills to base |
| Peacock: | Close (Peacock One Leg Raised, Peacock In His Pride, Peacock); quill to base (Peacock Feather) |
| Pelican: | Close |
| Penguin: | Statant close |
| Pheasant: | Close |
| Phoenix: | Displayed (Phoenix); displayed; always shown rising from flames (Phoenix) |
| Poppinjay: | Close |
| Porphyrio: | Close |
| Puffin: | Close |
| Raven: | Close |
| Robin: | Close |
| Stork: | Close |
| Swan: | Rousant |
| Titmouse: | Close |
| Turkeycock: | Statant close, tail displayed |
| Vol: | Displayed |
| Wing: | Dexter wing displayed (Wing); displayed inverted (Wings Conjoined In Lure); volant in arrière (Bee's Wing) |
| Wood Cock: | Close |
Beasts |
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| Badger: | Statant |
| Bear: | Upright, claws to dexter |
| Boar: | Upright, facing dexter |
| Buffalo: | Point to chief |
| Elephant: | Statant |
| Fang: | Point to base |
| Fleece: | Feet down, head to dexter |
| Griffin: | Rampant, blazoned “segreant” |
| Hedgehog: | Statant |
| Ibex: | Point to chief |
| Keythong: | Rampant |
| Lamb: | Passant |
| Leopard: | Rampant |
| Lion: | Rampant (Lion Sejant Affronty Queue Fourchy, Lion Sejant Erect Regardant, Lion's Head Couped, Lion Statant Guardant, Lion Passant Reguardant, Lion Courant, Lion Sejant Affronty, Lion Guardant, Winged Lion Salient, Lion Vulned, Lion Salient Tail Nowed, Winged Lion Passant Regardant, Lion Sejant Dexter Forepaw Raised, Lion Sejant in a Chair Maintaining a Pole Axe, Lion Dormant, Winged Lion Segreant, Lion Sejant Guardant, Lion Sejant Regardant, Winged Lion Passant, Lion Double Queued, Lion Coward, Lion Queue Nowed, Lion Regardant, Lion Sejant Erect, Lion Statant, Lion's Head Jessant-de-Lys, Lion Couchant, Lion's Head Cabossed, Lion Couchant Head Lowered, Lion Queue Fourchy, Lion's Head Erased, Lion Sejant, Lion Salient, Lion Passant Guardant, Lion Queue Forchy, Lion Passant, Lion); claws to chief (Lion's Jambe Couped, Lion's Jambe Erased) |
| Otter: | Statant, perhaps; best to blazon explicitly |
| Ounce: | Rampant |
| Pawprint: | Toes to chief |
| Porcupine: | Statant |
| Rabbit: | Sejant |
| Ram: | Point to chief |
| Rhinoceros: | Statant |
| Squirrel: | Sejant erect |
| Stag: | Horns to chief |
| Unicorn: | Rampant |
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| Arm: | Dexter arm, hand to chief (Arm Couped, Arm Vested Fesswise With A Hand Of Benediction, Arm In Armor Fesswise Embowed Brandishing A Sword, Arm in Armor Embowed, Cubit Arm in Armor, Two Arms Vested Issuant with Hands Clasped, Two Arms Issuant with Hands Clasped, Arm Vested Fesswise, Arm Vested, Arm Couped Maintaining a Dagger, Arm Fesswise Maintaining A Club, Arm Couped with Fingers Extended, Arm Vested Fesswise Maintaining a Gemmed Ring, Arm Embowed Maintaining a Scimitar, Arm Fesswise Couped Maintaining A Scarf, Arm Embowed); dexter arm, hand to chief, fingers clenched (Cubit Arm with Fingers Extended, Cubit Arm, Cubit Arm Vested) |
| Beard: | Upright |
| Bone: | Palewise (Two Bones In Cross, Bone); always shown in pairs issuant from the sides of the field (Three Pairs of Rib Bones) |
| Eye: | Fesswise |
| Foot: | Upright, toes to dexter (Foot Couped); palewise, claws to base (Eagle's Foot Couped); palewise, claws to chief (Bird's Foot); close (Duck's Foot) |
| Hand: | Dexter hand apaumy, fingers to chief (Hand Issuant from a Cloud, Hand of Benediction, Hand Erased, Pair of Hands, Hand Couped Maintaining a Quill Pen, Hand with Middle Finger Extended, Hand Couped Close, Clawed Hand Aversed, Hand Couped); fesswise (Foi) |
| Leg: | Dexter leg, foot to base |
| Mask: | Upright (Mummer's Mask, Comedy Mask, Visard Mask, Tragedy Mask); fesswise (Domino Mask) |
| Skull: | Cabossed |
| Testicles: | Points to dexter chief |
| Tusk: | Statant |
People |
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| Angel: | Statant affronty, wings displayed (Angel Armed, Angel); statant affronty (Angel Volant With a Scroll Issuant From Its Mouth, Angel Statant Upon A Cloud) |
| Breast: | Affronty |
| Centaur: | Erect |
| Cherub: | Affronty |
| Crucifix: | Crosswise, upright |
| Dextrochère: | Dexter arm fesswise embowed |
| Fist: | Dexter hand, fingers to chief |
| Fool: | Affronty |
| Footprint: | Toes to chief |
| Frauenadler: | Affronty guardant displayed |
| Gorgon: | Affronty |
| Harpy: | Close guardant |
| Hercules: | Statant affronty |
| Janus: | Upright, facing both ways |
| Man: | Statant affronty (Armed Demi-Man Drawing a Bow, Man Hooded and Robed with Arms Extended, Man Vested and Maintaining a Scythe, Hooded Man Maintaining a Bowl and Staff, Man In A Boat Holding Arrows Inverted, Demi-Man Vested, Nude Man, Man Seated Upon a Throne, Armed Man, Man Robed, Man Vested, Moor's Head Couped at the Shoulders); facing dexter (Savage's Head Affronty, Man's Head Couped, Man's Head Wearing a Hat Issuant from Base, Man's Head Couped at the Shoulders Wearing a Hat, Man's Head Couped Maintaining a Crown, Man's Head Couped at the Shoulders, Man's Head Cabossed, Hooded Man's Head Couped at the Shoulders, Man's Head Couped Maintaining a Hat) |
| Melusine: | Affronty |
| Mermaid: | Erect affronty |
| Merman: | Erect affronty |
| Monk: | Statant affronty |
| Moor: | Statant affronty (Moor Passant, Moor's Head Couped Maintaining a Crown, Moor's Head Couped); facing dexter (Moor's Head Couped) |
| Saracen: | Facing dexter |
| Savage: | Facing dexter |
| Seraph: | Affronty |
| Tress: | End to base |
| Viking: | Statant affronty |
| Woman: | Statant affronty |
| Wound: | Gouty to base |
Food |
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| Amphora: | Upright |
| Barrel: | Fesswise |
| Beaker: | Upright |
| Bottle: | Upright |
| Bowl: | Upright, in profile or three-quarter view |
| Breadloaf: | Fesswise |
| Cauldron: | Upright |
| Chalice: | Palewise |
| Cheese: | Fesswise (Wheel of Cheese); if a wedge, point to dexter (Wedge of Cheese) |
| Churn: | Plunger to chief (Butter Churn); found in period with handle to base (Churning Staff) |
| Cleaver: | Handle to base, cutting to dexter |
| Cornucopia: | Palewise opening to chief |
| Costrel: | Opening to chief (Leather Costrel, Wooden Costrel, Costrel); upright (Leather Bottle) |
| Cup: | Upright |
| Drinking Horn: | Curving to dexter, opening to chief |
| Flask: | Opening to chief |
| Fleshpot: | Opening to chief |
| Fork: | Palewise, handle to base |
| Funnel: | Upright, spout to base |
| Goblet: | Upright |
| Grater: | Palewise |
| Gridiron: | Handle to base |
| Ham: | Meaty end to dexter, foot to sinister |
| Kettle Hook: | Triangular, point to base |
| Knife: | Point to chief, cutting to dexter |
| Ladle: | Fesswise, handle to sinister |
| Mash Rake: | Handle to base |
| Oven: | Dome to chief |
| Pan: | Palewise, handle to base |
| Peel: | Palewise, handle to base |
| Pitcher: | Palewise, spout to dexter |
| Platter: | Affronty or three-quarter view |
| Pot: | Palewise, spout to dexter (Spouted Pot); upright (Footed Pot) |
| Salt Barrel: | Opening to top |
| Saltcellar: | Palewise (Covered Saltcellar, Covered Saltcellar Shedding Salt); upright (Covered Saltcellar Shedding Salt) |
| Scoop: | Bucket to chief, opening to dexter |
| Skimmer: | Palewise, handle to chief |
| Spit: | Point to chief |
| Spoon: | Palewise, handle to base |
| Tankard: | Upright |
| Trammel Hook: | Palewise |
| Trivet: | In annulo, all three legs visible |
Clothing |
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| Angles: | Two braced in pale |
| Bag: | Opening to chief |
| Belt: | Buckle to chief |
| Bobbin: | Palewise, threaded end to chief |
| Boot: | Sole to base, toe to dexter |
| Breeches: | Legs to base |
| Broach: | Point to chief |
| Brogue: | Upright, toe to dexter |
| Brush: | Handle to base |
| Button: | Unknown |
| Bycocket: | Upright |
| Cap: | Upright (Cap of Mercury, Phrygian Cap); upright, tails to sinister (Albanian Cap, Cap of Maintenance); brim to base (Jester's Cap) |
| Collar: | In annulo |
| Comb: | Teeth to base (Hair Comb); fesswise (Comb) |
| Crown: | Fesswise (Saxon Crown, Gemmed Crown, Crown of Oak Leaves, Crown of Grass, Dovetailed Crown, Embattled Crown Gemmed, Crown Vallary, Crown, Triumphal Crown, Naval Crown, Crown of Three Points, Crown of Mullets, Crown of Myrtle, Crown of Leaves, Embattled Crown, Pearled Crown, Crown Flory, Eastern Crown); upright (Saxon Crown, Crown Flory) |
| Distaff: | Handle to base, loaded with fibers |
| Eyeglasses: | Lenses fesswise, bridge to chief |
| Garter: | In annulo, loose end to base |
| Glove: | Dexter hand, apaumy, fingers to chief |
| Hat: | Point to chief (Jew's Hat); upright (Hat) |
| Hempbreak: | Legs to base |
| Hood: | Upright, facing dexter |
| Hose: | Palewise, opening to chief |
| Joscelyn: | Torse in annulo, bells in saltire |
| Mantle: | Upright affronty |
| Maunch: | Wrist to dexter, elbow bent to base |
| Mirror: | Handle to base |
| Mitre: | Upright |
| Mitten: | Dexter hand apaumy, fingertips to chief |
| Needle: | Point to base (Threaded Needle, Needle); palewise (Double Ended Knitting Needle) |
| Niddy-Noddy: | Palewise |
| Paternoster: | Tassel to base |
| Peruke: | Upright |
| Quill: | Palewise |
| Ring: | Gem to chief |
| Scarf: | Loose ends to base |
| Scissors: | Palewise, points to chief |
| Scrip: | Opening to chief |
| Shears: | Palewise, points to base |
| Shoe: | Sole to base, toe to dexter |
| Shuttle: | Fesswise |
| Sole: | Toe to chief (Sole); toes to chief (Sole Of A Foot) |
| Spindle: | Palewise (Drop Spindle); point to chief (Spindle) |
| Tablet: | Flat side to base |
| Tassel: | Threads to base |
| Thimble: | Palewise, opening to base |
| Thread: | Palewise |
| Torc: | Opening to base |
| Tunic: | Upright |
| Wool Card: | Handle to base |
| Wool Comb: | Palewise, handle to base |
| Yarn Swift: | Upright |
Tools |
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| Adze: | Handle to base, cutting to dexter |
| Anvil: | Flat surface to chief |
| Auger: | Upright |
| Awl: | Point to chief |
| Axe: | Handle to base, blade to dexter (Throwing Axe, Battle-Axe, Broad Axe, Double-Sided Battle-Axe, Axe); palewise, blade to dexter chief (Axe); blades to base and chief (Chipping Axe) |
| Axe-Head: | Blade to dexter |
| Bellows: | Spout to base |
| Block Plane: | Fesswise, cutting to sinister |
| Calipers: | Points to base |
| Chisel: | Palewise, handle to base |
| Compass: | Points to base |
| Drawknife: | Handles to base |
| Drill: | Upright |
| Float: | Handle to chief |
| Hammer: | Head to chief, striking to dexter |
| Hod: | Palewise, opening to chief |
| Ladder: | Upright |
| Mallet: | Head to chief, striking to dexter |
| Nail: | Palewise, point to base |
| Pick: | Fesswise, pointing to dexter |
| Pliers: | Handles to base |
| Plummet: | Hanging loop to chief |
| Punner: | Palewise |
| Royne: | Bar palewise, curve to chief |
| Saw: | Fesswise, blade to base |
| Shave: | Fesswise |
| Shavehook: | Handle to base |
| Staple: | Points to base |
| Strike: | Carrying handle to chief |
| Tenterhook: | Point to base |
| Trowel: | Palewise, handle to base |
| Weight: | Hole to chief (Balance Weight); notches in fess (Fundou) |
| Winde: | Unknown |
Buildings |
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| Andiron: | Upright |
| Anille: | Fesswise |
| Arch: | Upright |
| Bascule: | Palewise, sliding to chief |
| Bathtub: | Upright |
| Beacon: | Flame to chief (Beacon); upright (Beacon) |
| Bridge: | Fesswise |
| Castle: | Upright |
| Chair: | Upright |
| Chest: | Fesswise |
| Church: | Upright |
| City: | Upright |
| Column: | Palewise |
| Cresset: | Flame to chief |
| Dolmen: | Upright |
| Door: | Upright |
| Drawbridge: | Seen from above |
| Fountain: | Opening to chief |
| House: | Upright |
| Keystone: | Wide edge to chief |
| Lighthouse: | Upright |
| Lock Plate: | Flat side to base |
| Obelisk: | Point to chief |
| Park Pales: | Palewise |
| Pavilion: | Upright |
| Portcullis: | Upright |
| Quoin: | Narrow edge to chief |
| Sepulcher Stone: | Fesswise in simplified perspective |
| Siege Tower: | Palewise |
| Staircase: | Bendwise throughout |
| Stool: | Legs to base |
| Table: | Legs to base |
| Table-Trestle: | Fesswise, legs to base |
| Torii: | Upright |
| Tower: | Palewise |
| Truss: | Chevronwise |
| Wall: | Fesswise throughout (Wall Couped, Wall Couped with Two Arched Doorways, Wall Enarched, Wall Unembattled, Wall, Wall Couped with An Arched Doorway); upright (Wall Issuant From Base With Gate, Wall Issuant From Base) |
| Watchtower: | Upright |
| Well: | Opening to chief |
| Windmill: | Upright, vanes saltirewise |
Arts & Sciences |
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| Abacus: | Fesswise with sliding rails palewise |
| Apothecary Jar: | Cover to chief |
| Ark: | Upright |
| Armillary Sphere: | Stand to base |
| Aspersorium: | Upright |
| Athanor: | Upright |
| Bagpipe: | Chanter to dexter base |
| Balance: | Fesswise (Hanging Balance); upright (Standing Balance) |
| Basket: | Upright |
| Bauble: | Head to chief |
| Bell: | Palewise (Bell); loop to chief (Hawk's Bell); handle to chief (Handbell) |
| Book: | Spine to chief (Closed Book); fesswise (Open Book) |
| Bowling Pin: | Point to chief |
| Caligraphy Knife: | Blade to chief |
| Chess Piece: | Forked end to chief (Chess Rook); solid end to base (Chess Piece); palewise (Chess Bishop); palewise, facing dexter (One-Headed Chess Knight) |
| Clarion: | Curlicue to dexter base |
| Cornetto: | Mouthpiece to chief |
| Cow-Bell: | Upright |
| Crozier: | Curl to chief and dexter (Crook of Basel); palewise, handle to dexter chief (Crozier) |
| Cupping Glass: | Opening to chief |
| Dice: | Affronty, often in trian aspect (Die); affronty in trian aspect (Egyptian Twenty-Sided Die) |
| Drum: | Palewise (Dumbek Drum); head to chief (Drum, Kettle Drum) |
| Drumstick: | Palewise, head to chief |
| Fleam: | Blade to chief, curved handle to base |
| Flute: | Fesswise, finer holes affronty, mouth aperture to sinister |
| Frame: | Legs to base |
| Game Board: | Flat side to base |
| Golf Club: | Club to base |
| Harp: | Upright |
| Hautboy: | Palewise, mouthpiece to chief |
| Lute: | Neck to chief |
| Lyre: | Upright |
| Mjolnir: | Head to base |
| Mosaic Tablets: | Upright |
| Musical Note: | Upright |
| Ombrellino: | Handle to base |
| Organ Pipe: | Palewise, open end to chief |
| Paintbrush: | Palewise, brush to chief |
| Panpipe: | Palewise |
| Pen: | Palewise, point to base |
| Penbox: | Fesswise |
| Polo Stick: | Curved end to chief |
| Press: | Shafts palewise |
| Psaltery: | Unknown |
| Quadrant: | Arm pendant to base |
| Rackett: | Mouthpiece to chief |
| Recorder: | Palewise, mouthpiece to chief |
| Retort: | Outlet to dexter |
| Scroll: | Palewise |
| Shofar: | Fesswise, bell to dexter |
| Spatula: | Handle to base |
| Stilts: | Upright |
| Tambourine: | Affronty |
| Thyrsus: | Head to chief |
| Trumpet: | Bell to chief |
| Umbrella: | Handle to base |
| Urinal: | Upright |
| Viol: | Palewise, frets to chief |
| Violin: | Palewise, frets to chief |
| Whirligig: | Upright |
| Zill: | Strap to chief, or a pair facing each other |
Farming |
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| Bag of Madder: | Fesswise |
| Barnacles: | Hinge to chief |
| Beehive: | Upright |
| Bridle: | Bit to chief |
| Bucket: | Handle to chief |
| Carriage Frame: | Chassis palewise, axles fesswise (Carriage Frame); chassis palewise (Carriage Frame) |
| Clog: | Clog palewise |
| Coulter: | Point to chief, cutting to dexter |
| Crook: | Palewise, handle to dexter chief |
| Dovecote: | Upright |
| Fan: | Handle to base (Folding Fan); handle to chief (Winnowing Fan) |
| Fence: | Fesswise (Circular Wicker Fence, Wicker Fence); fesswise throughout (Wicker Fence Issuant From Base) |
| Fetterlock: | Open, bolt to base, keyhole to dexter |
| Flail: | Handle to base |
| Gate: | Fesswise |
| Hames: | Palewise |
| Harrow: | Pulling loop to chief |
| Hay House: | Upright |
| Hayfork: | Handle to base |
| Hide: | Head to chief |
| Hoe: | Blade to chief, as of the March 2021 Cover Letter |
| Horseshoe: | Opening to base |
| Hunting Horn: | Curved to base, opening to dexter |
| Mill: | Horizontal stone with axle to chief |
| Mill Wheel: | In annulo |
| Millrind: | Saltirewise (Millrind); palewise (Millrind) |
| Millstone: | Affronty |
| Pitchfork: | Tines to chief |
| Plow: | Fesswise, pulling to dexter |
| Plowshare: | Point to chief |
| Pruning Hook: | Hook to chief, cutting to dexter |
| Pruning Knife: | Hook to chief, cutting to dexter |
| Rake: | Teeth to base (Rake Head); palewise, handle to base (Rake) |
| Saddle: | Upright, facing dexter (Saddle with Stirrups, Saddle); upright (Saddle Pommel) |
| Scythe: | Handle to base, point to dexter (Scythe); point to chief (Scythe Blade) |
| Shovel: | Handle to chief |
| Sickle: | Handle to base, point to dexter |
| Snaffle-Bit: | Fesswise |
| Spade: | Handle to chief (Spade); point to base (Spade-Iron) |
| Spur: | Rowel to chief |
| Stirrup: | Upright |
| Tub: | Opening to chief |
| Turning Cratch: | Upright |
| Wagon: | Wheels to base, driving to dexter |
| Wool-Pack: | Fesswise |
| Yoke: | Fesswise |
Ships & Fishing |
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| Anchor: | Upright |
| Caravel: | Upright, sailing to dexter |
| Coracle: | Sailing to dexter |
| Drakkar: | Sailing to dexter |
| Eel Basket: | Fesswise |
| Eel-Fork: | Points to base |
| Fishhook: | Point to dexter chief |
| Gondola: | Fesswise, sailing to dexter |
| Grappling Iron: | Tines to base |
| Harpoon: | Point to chief |
| Lymphad: | Upright, sailing to dexter |
| Oar: | Handle to base |
| Oarlock: | Upright |
| Rowboat: | Traveling to dexter |
| Rudder: | Fesswise, handle to sinister (Rudder Pole); palewise, hinges to dexter (Rudder) |
| Sail: | Billowing, hanging from a horizontal yard |
| Salmon Spear: | Points to base |
| Trident: | Points to chief |
| Trireme: | Sailing to dexter |
| Whistle: | Fesswise, mouthpiece to dexter |
Military |
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| Armor Stand: | Upright |
| Arrow: | Point to base |
| Battering Ram: | Fesswise |
| Battle Axe: | Palewise, point to chief, cutting to dexter (Bardiche Axe, Sparth Axe); handle to base, blade to dexter (Pole Axe); point to chief, cutting to dexter (Pole Axe) |
| Billhook: | Point to chief |
| Bird-Blunt: | Point to base |
| Bow: | Palewise, shooting to dexter, or when fesswise, shooting to chief |
| Breastplate: | Upright |
| Broad-arrow: | Point to base |
| Caltrop: | Point to chief |
| Camail: | Point to base |
| Cannon: | Aiming to dexter |
| Chamber: | Fesswise, firing to dexter |
| Chamfron: | Affronty and upright |
| Club: | Palewise, handle to base |
| Crampet: | Point to base |
| Cronel: | Points to chief |
| Crossbow: | Pointing to chief |
| Cuisse: | Palewise |
| Cutlass: | Point to chief |
| Dagger: | Point to chief |
| Elbow Guard: | Elbow to sinister |
| Falchion: | Palewise, opening to chief |
| Fasces: | Blade to chief, cutting to dexter |
| Fletching: | Palewise, point to base |
| Gauntlet: | Dexter hand apaumy (Gauntlet, Clenched Gauntlet, Clenched Gauntlet Flexed at the Wrist, Gauntlet Aversed); dexter hand, fingers to chief (Clenched Gauntlet) |
| Glaive: | Point to chief, cutting to dexter |
| Grenade: | Flame to chief |
| Halberd: | Point to chief, cutting to dexter |
| Handgun: | Fesswise, shooting to dexter (Petronel, Musket); fesswise, firing to dexter (Arquebus) |
| Handgun Rest: | Palewise, fork to chief |
| Helm: | Facing dexter (Norman Helm Affronty, Morion Helm, Ocular Helm Affronty, Helm Affronty, Winged Great Helm Affronty Wings Inverted, Winged Great Helm Affronty Wings Elevated, Turkish Helm, Horned Close Helm, Corinthian Helm, Great Helm Affronty, Great Helm, Close Helm); upright, facing dexter (Great Helm) |
| Lance: | Point to chief |
| Mace: | Hilt to base |
| Morion: | Crest to chief |
| Partisan: | Point to chief |
| Pauldron: | Dexter shoulder, upright |
| Pennon: | Pole upright, flag to dexter |
| Pheon: | Point to base |
| Pole-Cannon: | Palewise, firing to chief |
| Quiver: | Upright |
| Rapier: | Palewise, point to chief |
| Rocket: | Flames to base |
| Scabbard: | Palewise, opening to chief |
| Scaling Ladder: | Palewise, hooks to chief |
| Scimitar: | Point to chief, cutting to dexter (Scimitar); palewise, point to chief (Scimitar) |
| Scourge: | Handle to base |
| Sling: | Stone to base |
| Solleret: | Fesswise, pointing to dexter |
| Spanning Hook: | Hook to chief, pointing to dexter |
| Spanning Iron: | Hooks to chief |
| Spear: | Point to chief |
| Streitgabelklinge: | Points to chief |
| Sword: | Point to chief |
| Truncheon: | Palewise, point to chief |
| War Hammer: | Head to chief, striking to dexter |
| War Wagon: | Wheels to base |
Assorted Objects |
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| Axle Pin: | Upright |
| Baby Walker: | Wheels to base, third wheel rolling to dexter |
| Banner: | Pole upright |
| Besom: | Palewise, bristles to chief |
| Candelabrum: | Upright |
| Candle: | Palewise |
| Candlestick: | Palewise |
| Catherine Wheel: | In annulo |
| Cog-Wheel: | Affronty |
| Cushion: | Square |
| Firebrand: | Palewise, flames to chief |
| Furison: | Fesswise, handles to chief |
| Gemstone: | Viewed from above (French-Cut Gemstone In Profile, Hexagonal Gemstone, French-Cut Gemstone, Indented Gemstone); viewed from above, palewise (Step-Cut Gemstone) |
| Gonfalon: | Tails to base |
| Hook: | Points to base (Tent Hook); twist to chief (Spring Hook) |
| Hourglass: | Palewise |
| Key: | Palewise, wards to chief (Key); palewise (Key) |
| Lamp: | Spout to dexter (Arabian Lamp); flames to chief (Lamp); hanging from chieft (Hanging Lamp) |
| Lantern: | Upright |
| Orb: | Cross to chief |
| Padlock: | Upright |
| Phial: | Opening to chief |
| Razor: | Palewise, cutting to dexter |
| Rod: | Palewise |
| Shackle: | Fesswise |
| Sledge: | Facing dexter |
| Smoking Pipe: | Fesswise |
| Staff: | Palewise (Two Ragged Staffs, Two Ragged Staffs in Saltire, Ragged Staff); palewise, point to base (Pilgrim's Staff); point to chief (Staff Topped by a Trefoil, Staff Topped by a Fleur-de-Lys) |
| Strongbox: | Trian aspect, lid to chief |
| Torch: | Palewise, flame to chief |
| Water-Bouget: | Sacks to base |
| Wheel: | In annulo (Dexter Half of a Wheel, Wheel Irradiated, Chief Quarter of a Wheel, Wheel with A Broken Rim, Two Wheels Conjoined by an Axle, Rimless Wheel, Wheel); upright (Wheel of Fortune) |
