Word Meanings - ESCUTCHEON - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base (see Chiff, and Field.). That side of the escutcheon which is on the right hand of the knight who bears the shield on his arm is called dexter, and the other side sinister.

• Knight service
  A tenure of lands held by knights on condition of performing military service. See Chivalry, n., 4.
• Marshalsea
  The court or seat of a marshal; hence, the prison in Southwark, belonging to the marshal of the king's household.
• Right-angled
  Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle.
• Calligraphist
  A calligrapher
• Rightly
  Straightly; directly; in front.
• Callosum
  The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus.
• Sinister
  On the left hand, or the side of the left hand; left; -- opposed to dexter, or right.
• Chieftain
  A captain, leader, or commander; a chief; the head of a troop, army, or clan.
• CALLIGRAPHICCALLIGRAPHICAL
  Of or pertaining to calligraphy. Excellence in the calligraphic act. T. Warton.
• Escutcheon
  The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the upper part is called the chief, and the lower part the base (see Chiff, and Field.). That side of the escutcheon
• KNIGHTSERVICE
  A tenure of lands held by knights on condition of performing military service. See Chivalry, n., 4.
• Knight bachelor
  A knight of the most ancient, but lowest, order of English knights, and not a member of any order of chivalry. See Bachelor, 4.
• SURFACELOADING
  The weight supported per square unit of surface; the quotient obtained by dividing the gross weight, in pounds, of a fully loaded flying machine, by the total area, in square feet, of its supporting surface.
• Knights Templars
  of Knight Templar
• Marshalship
  The office of a marshal.
• Righten
  To do justice to.
• Calligraphy
  Fair or elegant penmanship.
• Right-minded
  Having a right or honest mind.
• Callot
  A plant coif or skullcap. Same as Calotte.
• Sinister-handed
  Left-handed; hence, unlucky.

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