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Abacus: | Fesswise with sliding rails palewise |
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Acanthus: | Stem to base |
Acorn: | Stem to chief |
Adze: | Handle to base, cutting to dexter |
Alerion: | Displayed |
Aloe Vera: | Points to chief |
Amphora: | Upright |
Anchor: | Upright |
Andiron: | Upright |
Angel: | Statant affronty, wings displayed (Angel Armed, Angel); statant affronty (Angel Statant Upon A Cloud, Angel Volant With a Scroll Issuant From Its Mouth) |
Angemme: | Affronty |
Angles: | Two braced in pale |
Anille: | Fesswise |
Ankh: | Crosswise |
Annulet: | Crosswise |
Anvil: | Flat surface to chief |
Apothecary Jar: | Cover to chief |
Apple: | Stem to chief (Apple Slipped and Leaved Inverted, Apple Sprig, Apple Slipped and Leaved, Apple); fruit to chief (Apple Tree) |
Arch: | Upright |
Ark: | Upright |
Arm: | Dexter arm, hand to chief (Arm Vested Fesswise With A Hand Of Benediction, Arm in Armor Embowed, Arm In Armor Fesswise Embowed Brandishing A Sword, Arm Embowed Maintaining a Scimitar, Arm Couped with Fingers Extended, Cubit Arm in Armor, Arm Couped Maintaining a Dagger, Arm Couped, Arm Vested, Two Arms Issuant with Hands Clasped, Arm Fesswise Maintaining A Club, Arm Vested Fesswise Maintaining a Gemmed Ring, Arm Vested Fesswise, Two Arms Vested Issuant with Hands Clasped, Arm Fesswise Couped Maintaining A Scarf, Arm Embowed); dexter arm, hand to chief, fingers clenched (Cubit Arm Vested, Cubit Arm, Cubit Arm with Fingers Extended) |
Armillary Sphere: | Stand to base |
Armor Stand: | Upright |
Arrow: | Point to base |
Artist: Wylet Fraser Polypus: | Tentacles to base |
Ash: | Roots to base |
Aspen: | Stem to base |
Aspersorium: | Upright |
Athanor: | Upright |
Auger: | Upright |
Auk: | Close |
Awl: | Point to chief |
Axe: | Handle to base, blade to dexter (Throwing Axe, Broad Axe, Battle-Axe, Double-Sided Battle-Axe, Axe); blades to base and chief (Chipping 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) |
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: | Upright (Hand-Basket); handle to chief (Winnowing 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 |
Bee: | Volant in arrière |
Beech: | Stem to base |
Beehive: | Upright |
Bell: | Palewise (Bell); handle to chief (Handbell); loop to chief (Hawk's Bell) |
Belladona: | Upright |
Bellows: | Spout to base |
Belt: | Buckle 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: | Palewise, claws to base (Bird's Jambe Erased, Bird's Jambe Conjoined to a Wing, Bird's Jambe Conjoined to a Wing Involved, Bird's Jambe Couped); close (Bird Rising Wings Addorsed, Bird Rising Regardant Wings Addorsed, Bird, Bird Volant Wings Addorsed, Bird Rising) |
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: | Palewise (Bone, Two Bones In Cross); always shown in pairs issuant from the sides of the field (Three Pairs of Rib Bones) |
Book: | Spine to chief (Closed Book); fesswise (Open 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 |
Butterfly: | Volant in arrière |
Button: | Unknown |
Bycocket: | Upright |
Cabbage: | Stem to base |
Caduceus: | Upright |
Calamarie: | Tentacles to chief |
Caldera Gringolada: | Upright |
Caligraphy Knife: | Blade to chief |
Calipers: | Points to base |
Caltrop: | Point to chief |
Camail: | Point to base |
Candelabrum: | Upright |
Candle: | Palewise |
Candlestick: | Palewise |
Cannon: | Aiming to dexter |
Cap: | Upright, tails to sinister (Albanian Cap, Cap of Maintenance); upright (Cap of Mercury, Phrygian Cap); brim to base (Jester's Cap) |
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 |
Centaur: | Erect |
Chabot: | Tergiant |
Chair: | Upright |
Chalice: | Palewise |
Chamber: | Fesswise, firing to dexter |
Chameleon: | Statant |
Chamfron: | Affronty and upright |
Cheese: | If a wedge, point to dexter (Wedge of Cheese); fesswise (Wheel of Cheese) |
Cherub: | Affronty |
Chess Piece: | Forked end to chief (Chess Rook); solid end to base (Chess Piece); palewise (Chess Bishop); palewise, facing dexter (One-Headed Chess Knight) |
Chest: | Fesswise |
Chi-Rho: | Upright |
Child: | Statant affronty |
Chisel: | Palewise, handle to base |
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 |
Circular Baldaquin: | Point to chief |
Citron: | Stem to chief |
City: | Upright |
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 |
Compass Rose: | Highlighted point to chief |
Compass Star: | One point to chief |
Coracle: | Sailing to dexter |
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 |
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: | Statant |
Cronel: | Points to chief |
Crook: | Palewise, handle to dexter chief |
Cross: | Crosswise |
Cross (Charge): | Crosswise (Canterbury Cross, Cross Formy Double-Pommeled at the Foot, Cross Of Jerusalem, Latin Cross Clechy, Cross Crescenty, Cross Barby, Bowen Cross, Cross Annuletty, Cross Moline Disjointed, Cross Pointed Voided Pometty, Latin Cross Flory, Coptic Cross, Cross Miller, Cross Formy Fitchy at All Ends, Ragged Cross, Cross Capital, Cross Formy Fitchy At The Foot, Latin Cross Couped, Cross Potent Voided, Cross Potent Conjoined to an Annulet, Cross Swallowtailed Voided, Cross Glandular, Cross Formy Calvary, Cross of St. Brigid, Cross Alisée, Cross Pointed Voided, Cross Of Lorraine, Latin Cross Pomelly, Cross Crosslet Voided, Latin Cross Bottony, Cross Clechy Voided, Latin Cross Fourchy, Greek Cross, Latin Cross or Passion Cross, Latin Cross Patonce, Doubled Cross, Russian Orthodox Cross, Cross Fitchy, Patriarchal Cross, Cross Floretty, Cross Of Santiago, Cross Bottony Fitchy, Cross Formy Fitchy, Cross Pointed, Cross Clechy, Norse Sun-Cross, Cross Énchancré, Cross Swallowtailed, Cross Doubly Pommeled, Cross Of Calvary, Equal-Armed Celtic Cross, Key Cross, Cross Patonce, Cross Fourchy, Avellane Cross, Cross Potent, Maltese Cross, Cross Of Calatrava, Cross Pomelly, Celtic Cross, Cross Crosslet, Cross Bottony, Cross Flory, Cross Crosslet Fitchy, Cross Of Toulouse, Cross Moline); crosswise, upright (Wooden Latin Cross Couped); crosswise throughout (Cross Rayonnant) |
Crossbow: | Pointing to chief |
Crow: | Close |
Crown: | Fesswise (Crown of Mullets, Crown of Myrtle, Triumphal Crown, Crown of Leaves, Dovetailed Crown, Crown of Three Points, Crown, Embattled Crown Gemmed, Crown Vallary, Crown of Grass, Naval Crown, Embattled Crown, Saxon Crown, Crown of Oak Leaves, Pearled Crown, Imperial Crown, Crown Flory, Baronial Crown, Eastern Crown); 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 |
Dagger: | Point to chief |
Daisy: | Affronty |
Dandelion: | Affronty |
Delf: | Flat side to base |
Dextrochère: | Dexter arm fesswise embowed |
Dice: | Affronty, often in trian aspect (Die); affronty in trian aspect (Egyptian Twenty-Sided Die) |
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 Striking, Eagle Trussing an Infant, Eagle's Leg Erased, Eagle’s Head Couped, Double-headed Eagle, 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 (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 |
Fleshpot: | Opening to chief |
Fletching: | Palewise, point to base |
Fleur de Lys: | Point to chief |
Float: | Handle to chief |
Flute: | Fesswise, finer holes affronty, mouth aperture to sinister |
Fool: | Affronty |
Foot: | Upright, toes to dexter (Foot Couped); palewise, claws to base (Bird's Foot, Eagle's Foot Couped); close (Duck's Foot) |
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 (Gauntlet, Clenched Gauntlet, Clenched Gauntlet Flexed at the Wrist, Gauntlet Aversed); dexter hand, fingers to chief (Clenched Gauntlet) |
Gemstone: | Viewed from above (Hexagonal Gemstone, French-Cut Gemstone, French-Cut Gemstone In Profile, Indented Gemstone); viewed from above, palewise (Step-Cut Gemstone) |
Gentian: | Blossoms to chief |
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: | Statant |
Grater: | Palewise |
Grenade: | Flame to chief |
Gridiron: | Handle to base |
Griffin: | Rampant, blazoned “segreant” |
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 with Middle Finger Extended, Hand Issuant from a Cloud, Hand Erased, Hand Couped Close, Hand Couped Maintaining a Quill Pen, Pair of Hands, Hand of Benediction, Clawed Hand Aversed, Hand Couped); fesswise (Foi) |
Handgun: | Fesswise, shooting to dexter (Pistol, Petronel, Musket); fesswise, firing to dexter (Arquebus) |
Handgun Rest: | Palewise, fork to chief |
Harp: | Upright |
Harpoon: | Point to chief |
Harpy: | Close guardant |
Harrow: | Pulling loop to chief |
Hat: | Point to chief (Jew's Hat); upright (Slovene Hat, Hat); brim to base (Sugar-loaf 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: | Facing dexter (Morion Helm, Norman Helm Affronty, Corinthian Helm, Helm Affronty, Turkish Helm, Winged Great Helm Affronty Wings Elevated, Winged Great Helm Affronty Wings Inverted, Ocular Helm Affronty, Great Helm Affronty, Close Helm Affronty, Great Helm, Close Helm); upright, facing dexter (Great Helm); affronty (Horned Close Helm) |
Hemp: | Stem to base |
Hempbreak: | Legs to base |
Hen: | Statant close (Hen); 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) |
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, wards to chief (Key); palewise (Key) |
Keystone: | Wide edge to chief |
Keythong: | Rampant |
Knife: | Point to chief, cutting to dexter |
Knot: | Ends in fess (Stafford Knot); one loop to chief (Trefoil Knot, Quatrefoil Knot); fesswise (Wake Knot or Ormonde Knot); one point to chief (Lacy Knot); crosswise (Lacy Knot); two loops to chief (Heneage Knot); center loop to chief (Hungerford Knot); free ends to base (Agemaki Knot) |
Ladder: | Upright |
Ladle: | Fesswise, handle to sinister |
Ladybird: | Tergiant |
Lady's Mantle: | Stem to base |
Lamb: | Passant |
Lamp: | Spout to dexter (Arabian Lamp); flames to chief (Lamp); hanging from chieft (Hanging Lamp) |
Lance: | Point to chief |
Lancet: | Point to chief |
Lantern: | Upright |
Laurel: | Tips to chief (Laurel Wreath); stem to base (Laurel Leaf) |
Lavender: | Stem to base |
Leek: | Bulb to base |
Leg: | Dexter leg, foot to base |
Lemon: | Stem to chief |
Leopard: | Rampant |
Lettuce: | Roots to base |
Lighthouse: | Upright |
Lightning: | Palewise |
Lilac: | Stem to base |
Lily: | Stem to base |
Linden: | Stem to base (Linden Leaf Inverted, Linden Branch of Three Leaves Throughout Bendwise, Linden Leaf Inverted Slipped to Base, Linden Branch, Linden Leaf Issuant from a Ragged Staff, Linden Tree Eradicated, Linden Branch Twined on Itself, Linden Leaf); roots to base (Linden Tree Issuant from Base, Linden Tree, Linden Tree Eradicated); in pall (Three Linden Leaves Conjoined In Pall) |
Lion: | Rampant (Lion Guardant, Winged Lion Salient, Lion Coward, Lion Collared and Chained, Lion Sejant Regardant, Winged Lion Passant, Lion Sejant Affronty Queue Fourchy, Lion with Paw Upturned, Lion Sejant in a Chair Maintaining a Pole Axe, Lion Sejant Erect Regardant, Lion Sejant Guardant, Winged Lion Segreant, Lion Courant, Lion's Head Couped, Winged Lion Passant Regardant, Lion Statant Guardant, Lion Vulned, Lion Double Queued, Lion Dormant, Lion Sejant Dexter Forepaw Raised, Lion Sejant Affronty, Lion Salient Tail Nowed, Lion Passant Reguardant, Lion Queue Nowed, Lion Sejant Erect, Lion Regardant, Lion's Head Jessant-de-Lys, Lion Sejant, Lion Statant, Lion Salient, Lion's Head Cabossed, Lion Queue Fourchy, Lion Couchant, Lion Couchant Head Lowered, Lion Queue Forchy, Lion's Head Erased, Lion Passant Guardant, Lion Passant, Lion's Queue Couped, Lion); claws to chief (Lion's Jambe Couped, Lion's Jambe Erased) |
Lion-Dragon: | Sejant |
Lobster: | Tergiant |
Lock Plate: | Flat side to base |
Lotus: | Affronty |
Lozenge: | One point to chief (Three Lozenges Conjoined In Pall, Lozenge Ployé, Lozenge Pometty, Lozenge); crosswise (Cross of Four Lozenges) |
Lucy: | Naiant |
Lure: | Cord to chief |
Lute: | Neck to chief |
Lymphad: | Upright, sailing to dexter |
Lyre: | Upright |
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: | Statant affronty (Man Robed, Man Vested and Maintaining a Scythe, Armed Demi-Man Drawing a Bow, Man In A Boat Holding Arrows Inverted, Demi-Man Vested, Hooded Man Maintaining a Bowl and Staff, Man Hooded and Robed with Arms Extended, Armed Man, Nude Man, Man Seated Upon a Throne, Moor's Head Couped at the Shoulders, Man Vested); facing dexter (Man's Head Cabossed, Hooded Man's Head Couped at the Shoulders, Man's Head Couped, Man's Head Couped at the Shoulders, Man's Head Wearing a Hat Issuant from Base, Man's Head Couped Maintaining a Crown, Savage's Head Affronty, Man's Head Couped at the Shoulders Wearing a Hat, Man's Head Couped Maintaining a Hat) |
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: | Handle to base |
Mask: | Upright (Tragedy Mask, Mummer's Mask, Comedy Mask, Visard Mask); fesswise (Domino 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 |
Millrind: | Saltirewise (Millrind); palewise (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: | Points to dexter if “increscent,” or to sinister if “decrescent” (Increscent Moon); affronty (Moon In Her Plenitude) |
Moor: | Statant affronty (Moor's Head Couped Maintaining a Crown, Moor Passant, Moor's Head Couped); facing dexter (Moor's Head Couped) |
Moorcock: | Close |
Morion: | Crest to chief |
Mortar: | Aiming to dexter |
Mosaic Tablets: | Upright |
Moth: | Volant in arrière |
Mount: | Issuant from base |
Mountain: | Issuant from base |
Mouth Harp: | Ends to chief |
Mullet: | One point to chief |
Mushroom: | Stem to base |
Musical Note: | Upright |
Nail: | Palewise, point to base |
Nailpuller: | One point to chief |
Needle: | Point to base (Needle Piercing, Threaded Needle, Needle); palewise (Double Ended Knitting Needle) |
Nesselblatt: | One large point to base |
Nettle: | Stem to base |
Niddy-Noddy: | Palewise |
Nopal: | Stem to base |
Oak: | Stem to base (Oak Sprig, Six Oak Leaves In Annulo, Oak Sprig Fructed, Oak Leaf); roots to base (Oak Tree Eradicated, Oak Tree, Oak Tree Fructed, Oak Tree Fructed and Eradicated) |
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 |
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 |
Pruning Hook: | Blade to chief |
Pruning Knife: | Blade to chief |
Psaltery: | Unknown |
Puffin: | Close |
Pumpkin: | Stem to chief |
Punch: | Head to chief |
Punner: | Palewise |
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: | Teeth to base (Rake Head); palewise, handle to base (Rake) |
Ram: | Point to chief |
Rapier: | Palewise, point to chief |
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: | Stem to base (Cluster of Rowan Berries, Sprig of Rowan Leaves); roots to base (Rowan Tree, Rowan Tree Eradicated) |
Rowboat: | Traveling to dexter |
Royne: | Bar palewise, curve to chief |
Rudder: | Palewise, hinges to dexter (Rudder); fesswise, handle to sinister (Rudder Pole) |
Rue: | Stem to base |
Rustre: | One point to chief |
Saddle: | Upright, facing dexter (Saddle, Saddle with Stirrups); upright (Saddle Pommel) |
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: | Point to chief, cutting to dexter (Scimitar); palewise, point to chief (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-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 |
Skeleton: | Upright affronty |
Skimmer: | Palewise, handle to chief |
Skull: | Cabossed |
Sledge: | Facing dexter |
Sling: | 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 |
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: | Stem to chief (Strawberry); stem to base (Strawberry Leaf); roots to base (Strawberry Plant) |
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 (Sword Fracted In Chevron, Sword Cortana, Claymore, Sword Fracted, Sword in Its Sheath, Broken Sword, Sword); upright, cutting to dexter (Shotel) |
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 |
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: | One point to chief (Triangle, Triangle Inverted Voided Bottony, Triangle Voided); flat side to base (Three Triangles One and Two Conjoined, Three Triangles Two and One Conjoined) |
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 |
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 Enarched, Wall Couped, Wall Unembattled, Wall Couped with Two Arched Doorways, Wall, Wall Couped with An Arched Doorway); upright (Wall Issuant From Base With Gate, Wall Issuant From Base) |
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: | Notches in fess (Fundou); hole to chief (Balance Weight) |
Well: | Opening to chief |
Well Frame: | One corner to chief |
Whale: | Naiant |
Wheat: | Stems to base (Sheaf of Wheat, Garb of Wheat); stem to base (Ear of Wheat, Stalk of Wheat) |
Wheel: | In annulo (Chief Quarter of a Wheel, Wheel with A Broken Rim, Dexter Half of a Wheel, Wheel Irradiated, 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 |
Wyvern: | Statant, wings addorsed (Wyvern Erect Wings Displayed, Wyvern Wings Displayed, Wyvern Passant, Wyvern Dexter Forepaw Raised, Wyvern Sejant Erect Affronty Wings Displayed, Wyvern Tail Nowed, Wyvern Erect, Wyvern); sejant or statant, considered equivalent for wyverns (Wyvern Wings Displayed) |
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 |