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ACHIEVEMENT
A depiction of all those heraldic components
to which an armiger is entitled. Also termed
armorial achievement, armorial bearings, or
heraldic achievement.

ARGENT
A tincture, silver or white.

ARMIGER
One who is entitled to bear heraldic arms.

ARMIGEROUS
Entitled to bear heraldic arms.

ARMS
May refer to a heraldic achievement
or to the coat of arms alone.

ARMS OF PRETENSION
Arms that denote a claim to a rank or
realm by one not in possession of it.

AUGMENTATIONS AND ABATEMENTS
Special charges added to armorial bearings
indicating honorable or reprehensible conduct.

AZURE
A tincture, blue.

BLAZON, n.
A description or depiction of an achievement
in heraldic terms. (French,
blason, shield)

BLAZON, v.
To describe or depict an achievement
in heraldic terms.

BORDURE
A border.

CADENCY
A system of marks of difference added by sons to
their inherited armorial bearings indicating order
of birth, including the eldest son until his father dies.

CARPE DIEM
Latin,
Seize the day.

CHARGE, n.
Any feature placed on the field of an escutcheon.

CHARGE, v.
To place a feature on the field of an escutcheon.

COAT OF ARMS
Common name for an achievement.
More strictly, applies only to the heraldic
elements displayed upon the escutcheon.

COUNTER-COMPONÉE
Two rows of quadrilaterals
in two alternating tinctures.

CREST
An ornament placed on top of the
helm; informally, a coat of arms.

DIFFERENCE
A figure added to distinguish one
branch of a family from another.

DRAGON
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Any of various legendary creatures that occur
in cultures around the globe. In heraldry they
are often winged, fire-breathing quadrupeds.

ESCUTCHEON
A shield displaying a coat of arms, the central
element of an achievement. Also used for
the coat of arms itself.

FIELD
The background of the escutcheon.

FIERI QUAM ESSE
Latin,
To become rather than to be.

FULL ACHIEVEMENT
A heraldic achievement that includes not only
the escutcheon but also other heraldic elements.

GOUTTE
A drop.

GULES
A tincture, red.

HELM
A helmet as an element in an achievement.

INESCUTCHEON
A small shield placed upon the escutcheon.

MARSHAL
To combine two or more coats of arms on the
same escutcheon, often to indicate marriage.

NOMBRIL POINT
The area of an escutcheon halfway between
the center of the escutcheon and its base.
(French,
nombril, navel)

OF THE FIRST AND SECOND
Colored using the first and second tinctures named.

OR
A tincture, gold or yellow.
Often capitalized in English.

ORDINARY
A simple and common charge.

PARTIAL ACHIEVEMENT
A heraldic achievement that includes
the escutcheon but lacks other elements
of a full achievement.

PASSANT
Of an animal, walking with the
right forefoot and the tail raised.

RAMPANT
Of an animal, standing on one hind
leg with three legs and the tail raised.

SABLE
A tincture, black.

SUPPORTERS
Figures of animals or persons placed
at the sides of an escutcheon.

TEMPUS FUGIT
Latin,
Time flies.

TINCTURE
Any of the traditional colors and
patterns used in heraldry.

UNARMIGEROUS
Not armigerous.

VERT
A tincture, green.

WYVERN
A two-legged winged dragon with a pointed,
venomous tail. Generally not fire breathing.
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ZEBRA
A black-and-white striped African equine sometimes
used in heraldry, e.g., in the coat of arms of Botswana.
Never fire-breathing.
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