Complement, In her. Applied to the moon when full.
Compound Quartering. The quartering of a quarter, or division of a quartered Coat-of-Arms. (See page 34.)
Compound Arms. Arms formed from the combination of the bearings of two or more distinct coats, to produce a single compound coat.
Conjoined in Lure. Two wings united, their tips in base.
Contoise. A flowing scarf, worn attached to the helm before 1350. Two examples occur in effigies in Exeter Cathedral, and another in Westminster Abbey.
Contournée. Facing to the sinister.
Cornish Chough. A bird like a crow, black, with red beak and legs.
Coronet. An ensign of rank worn upon the head, in use in England from about the middle of the fourteenth century, but without any distinctive tokens of gradations of rank until a later period. In modern times English Coronets have enclosed a velvet cap with a bullion tassel. This cap originated in the cap of estate worn by Peers. (See Prince, Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount, and Baron.)
Cotise. A diminutive of the Bend or other Ordinary, being one-fourth of their width. Cotised. When a Bend or Chevron is placed between two Cotises, or when a Fesse or Bar is placed between two Barrulets. Nos. [114], [115].
Couchant. In repose. [No. 177].