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In heraldry, a pale is the first and simplest kind of ordinary. It is bounded by two vertical lines at equal distances from the sides of the escutcheon, of which it encloses one third.
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In heraldry, palewise means in the manner of a pale or pales, that is by perpendicular lines or divisions for example to divide an escutcheon
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In heraldry a pall is a figure resembling the Roman Catholic pallium, or pall, and having the form of the letter Y. It consists of half a pale issuing from the base, and cojoined in the fesse point with half a saltire from the dexter and the sinister chief.
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In heraldry a pallet is a diminutive of the pale, being a perpendicular band upon an escutcheon, one half the breadth of the pale.
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In heraldry, palletted means cojoined by a pallet; for example a chevron palletted.
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In heraldry, paly means divided into four or more equal parts by perpendicular lines, and of two different tinctures disposed alternately.
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In heraldry, paly bendy describes a field divided by lines drawn bendwise and also by lines drawn vertically.
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In heraldry, a panache is a plume of feathers, generally ostrich feathers, set upright and borne as a crest. A panache sometimes consists of a single row of feathers; but usually it has two or more rows or 'heights' of feathers, rising one above the other. generally the tips of the feathers are erect, but sometimes they wave or are bent over. A panache may be charged with some device or figure 'for difference'.
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In heraldry, party means parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries; for example an escutcheon party per pale.
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In heraldry, passant means walking and is said of any animal on an escutcheon, which is represented as walking with the dexter paw raised.
A lion passant is emblematic of resolution.
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In heraldry, passant gardant refers to a beast walking, with three feet on the ground and looking at the viewer with a full face showing.
A lion passant gardant is emblematic of resolution and prudence.
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In heraldry, patee describes a cross narrow at the inner end, and very broad at the other end, or having its arms of that shape.
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In heraldry, patonce describes a cross which has the arms growing broader and floriated toward the end.
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In heraldry a patriarchal cross is a cross, the shaft of which is intersected by two transverse beams, the upper one being the smaller.
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In heraldry, a pavilion is a covering in the form of a tent investing the armouries of sovereigns.
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In heraldry, pean is one of the furs, the ground being sable, and the spots or tufts or (gold).
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In heraldry, the blazoning the divisions of a shield are termed 'per', thus a shield divided lengthwise is called per pale.
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In heraldry, per bend refers to a diagonal division of the field or shield from the dexter chief to the sinister base.
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In heraldry, per fesse refers to a horizontal division of the field or shield into two equal parts.
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In heraldry, per pale refers to a vertical division of the field or shield into two equal parts.
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In heraldry, per pall refers to a division of the field into three areas by a pall, or Y shape. One area comprises a triangle with its base at the chief, and its apex at the fesse point. The remainder of the field is divided per pale to form the other two divisions.
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In heraldry, per saltire refers to a division of the field into four equal sections by a saltire, one triangle division having its base at the chief, two others having their bases at the sides, the last division occupying the remaining area at the base of the field.
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In heraldry a pheon is a bearing representing the head of a dart or javelin, with long barbs which are engrailed on the inner edge.
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In heraldry, a pile is one of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.
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In heraldry, a plate is a roundel of silver or tinctured argent.
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In heraldry, pointed refers to a cross which has had its extremities cut off to points.
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In heraldry, pomee describes a cross which has the ends terminating in rounded protuberances or single balls.
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In heraldry, a pomey is a roundel figure of green colour supposed to resemble an apple.
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In heraldry, portate describes something borne not erect, but diagonally across an escutcheon.
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In heraldry, pose describes the attitude of a beast as standing still, with all the feet on the ground.
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In heraldry, potent is one of the furs; a surface composed of patches which are supposed to represent crutch heads; they are always alternately argent and azure, unless otherwise specially mentioned.
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In heraldry, potenty describes a form of ornamentation representing crutch heads (potents).
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In heraldry, the term preying is applied to any ravenous beast or bird, standing on, and in a position for eating its prey.
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In heraldry, the term proper describes a charge represented in its natural colour.
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In heraldry, purfle means to ornament with a bordure of ermines, furs, and the like and also, with gold studs or mountings.
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In heraldry, purpure is the colour purple. It is represented in engraving by diagonal lines declining from the right top to the left base of the escutcheon (or from sinister chief to dexter base).
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