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These colours are denoted in engravings by various lines or dots, as
follows:
[Illustration: OR]
OR, which signifies _gold_, and in colour yellow, is expressed by
dots.
[Illustration: ARGENT]
ARGENT signifies _silver_ or _white_: it is left quite plain.
[Illustration: GULES]
GULES signifies _red_: it is expressed by lines drawn from the chief
to the base of the shield.
[Illustration: AZURE]
AZURE signifies _blue_: it is represented by lines drawn from the
dexter to the sinister side of the shield, parallel to the chief.
[Illustration: VERT]
VERT signifies _green_: it is represented by slanting lines, drawn
from the dexter to the sinister side of the shield.
[Illustration: PURPURE]
PURPURE, or _purple_, is expressed by diagonal lines, drawn from the
sinister to the dexter side of the shield.
[Illustration: SABLE]
SABLE, or _black_, is expressed by horizontal and perpendicular
lines crossing each other.
[Illustration: TENNE]
TENNE, which is _tawny_, or _orange_ colour, is marked by diagonal
lines drawn from the sinister to the dexter side of the shield,
traversed by perpendicular lines from the chief.
[Illustration: SANGUINE]
SANGUINE is _dark red_, or _murrey_ colour; it is represented by
diagonal lines crossing each other.
In addition to the foregoing tinctures, there are nine roundlets or
balls used in Armory, the names of which are sufficient to denote
their colour without expressing the same.
[Illustration: BEZANT]
BEZANT, _Or_.
[Illustration: HURTS]
HURTS, _Azure_.
[Illustration: PLATE]
PLATE, _Argent_.
[Illustration: TORTEAUX]
TORTEAUX, _gules_.
[Illustration: GOLPE]
GOLPE, _purpure_.
[Illustration: ORANGE]
ORANGE, _tenne_.
[Illustration: POMEIS]
POMEIS, _vert_.
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