Book Of Traceable Heraldic Art

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Default Postures and Orientations

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