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In heraldry, the tau is a charge consisting of a form of cross in the shape of a T.
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In heraldry, tenne is a rarely employed tincture considered as an orange colour or bright brown. It is represented by diagonal lines from sinister to dexter, crossed by vertical lines.
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In heraldry the term tergant describes a beast or a bird showing its back.
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In heraldry, tierce describes an escutcheon divided into three equal parts of three different tinctures.
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In heraldry, the timber or timbre is the crest on a coat of arms.
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In heraldry, tinctures are the colours. In English heraldry the tinctures comprise two metals, five colours and eight furs. They are symbolised or indicated by dots and lines - a system noted for its convenience and said to have been introduced about 1630 by an Italian named Silvestre de Petrasancta, though some such symbolism has been found predating him. Over the years the method of symbolism evolved, and the modern system was developed around the start of the 18th century.
Each tincture has a name, a title, an abbreviation and a symbolic representation. The two metals are gold, with the title or and the abbreviation or, represented by dots on a white background; silver with the title argent and the abbreviation arg, which is represented by a plain white surface. The colours are blue, titled azure, abbreviated az and represented by horizontal parallel lines; red titled gules, abbreviated gu and represented by parallel vertical lines; black, titled sable, abbreviated sa and represented by by vertical and horizontal lines crossing each other; green, titled vert, abbreviated vert and represented by parallel lines sloping downward toward the right; purple titled purpure, abbreviated purp and represented by diagonal lines declining from the sinister chief to the dexter base.
The eight furs are not abbreviated, and are known by their titles. They are: ermine, represented by black spots on white; ermines represented by white spots on black; erminois represented by black spots on a background of small black dots on a white background (the symbol for gold); pean represented by small black dots on a white background (the symbol for gold) on black; vair represented by alternating silver and blue spots; counter vair; potent represented by alternating silver and blue spots; and counter potent.
Two other colours were formerly used in English heraldry. These were tenne, an orange-brown colour represented by vertical lines crossing diagonal lines declining from the sinister chief to the dexter base; and murrey or sanguine, a dark crimson red colour represented by diagonal lines from both the dexter and sinister sides crossing each other.
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In heraldry, the term torqued describes a dolphin haurient, which is twisted to form a figure like the letter S.
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In heraldry a torse is a wreath.
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In heraldry, a torteau is a roundel of a red colour.
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In heraldry, transfluent describes a depiction of water passing or flowing through a bridge.
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In heraldry, tre describes a charge as having a three-lobed extremity or extremities and also, but more rarely, ornamented with trefoils projecting from the edges, such as a bearing.
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In heraldry, the term treflee is applied to a cross, the arms of which end in triple leaves, representing trefoils, or a bend with trefoils issuing from the sides.
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In heraldry the term trefoil describes a charge representing the clover leaf.
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In heraldry, a treille or trellis, is a lattice which differs from fretty in that the pieces do not interlace under and over, but cross each other and are nailed at the joint.
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In heraldry a tressure is a kind of thin border round a shield, similar to the orle, but of only half the breadth of the latter.
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In heraldry, trian describes an aspect neither passant nor afronte, but midway between those two positions.
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In heraldry, triangular refers to a shape of shield. The triangular shield is
triangular in shape, differing from the heater pointed in the sides being straight, rather than curved, to the point at the base.
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In heraldry, a trick is a coat of arms roughly drawn with figures and letters to denote numbers and colours. Such a design is then described as 'tricked'. The method was adopted by heralds, heraldic painters and students for the purposes of recording.
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In heraldry, tricorporal describes a charge represented with three bodies conjoined to one head.
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In heraldry the term triparted describes a field or bearing parted into three pieces.
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In heraldry the term trippant or tripping describes an animal having the right forefoot lifted, the others remaining on the ground, as if he were trotting.
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In heraldry, the term tronconee demembrane is said of a cross or other bearing cut in pieces and separated, though still reserving its original form.
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