The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition / Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science

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Ex. Argent, a sword proper couped, hilted or.

HONOUR POINT. That part of the shield between the precise middle chief and the fess point. In the annexed example the large dot in the centre shows the fess point; the point within the letter D, the honour point.
See [p. 6].

HORNED. This term is used to denote that the horn of a unicorn is of a different tincture from his body.

Ex. Azure, three unicorns' heads proper, erased, horned or.

HUMETTY. A term used to denote an ordinary, parts of which are couped or cut off, so that it does not touch the edges of the shield.

Ex. Argent, a fess humetty gules, between three mullets sable.