Argent, silver or white.

Azure, blue.

Badge, see [p. 15].

Besant, a Byzantine coin, represented in Heraldry as a round flat piece of gold, without impress.

Blazon, the proper technical description of armorial bearings.

Charge, an heraldic bearing or emblem.

Chequy, a shield divided by horizontal and perpendicular lines into equal square spaces, alternately tinctured.

Chevron, a charge resembling the rafters of a house.

Colours, azure, gules, vert, sable, or purpure.

Couchant, an animal lying down.