ACHIEVEMENT (A-chieve'-ment) A complete heraldic composition, showing a shield with its quarterings, impalements, supporters, crest, motto, etc. This term is applied especially to a funeral escutcheon, exhibiting the rank and family of a deceased nobleman or gentleman, which at his death is placed in front of his house or in some other prominent place. [This is commonly called HATCHMENT.]

BLAZONING = Colour

BORDURE (Bor'-dure) The border of an escutcheon, occupying one-fifth of the shield. It is sometimes the mark of a younger branch of a family; and, again, when charged, may refer to maternal descent, especially in ancient heraldry. When used in an impaled coat the bordure is not continued around the inner side.
"In blazoning arms the bordure is placed over all ordinaries except the chief, the quarter and the canton. It has no diminutives, but may at times be surmounted by another of half its width. When a bordure is bezante, billette or has similar markings, the number of bezants or billets, unless otherwise mentioned, is always eight." - (Gloss. of Her.)

"In blazoning arms the bordure is placed over all ordinaries except the chief, the quarter and the canton. It has no diminutives, but may at times be surmounted by another of half its width. When a bordure is bezante, billette or has similar markings, the number of bezants or billets, unless otherwise mentioned, is always eight." - (Gloss. of Her.)

CABOSHED (ka-bosht') The head of a beast borne full-faced, and without any neck showing.
"Caboched, caboshed or cabossed . . . is where the head of a beast is cut off behind the ears by a section parallel to the face; or by a perpendicular section, in contradiction to couped, which is done by a horizontal line; besides that, it is farther from the ears than cabossing. The head, in this case, is placed full-faced, or affrontée;, so that no part of the neck can be visible. This bearing is by some called trunked." Rees: Cyclopedia.

CHEVRON (shev'-ron) - One of the honorable ordinaries. It is rafter shaped, and its breadth is one-fifth of the field. Its diminutives are the Chevronel, which is one-fifth of its breadth; and the Couple-close, one-quarter.

ENGRAILED - Indented in a series of curves. Ragged at the edges; spotted as with hail.

ERMINE (er'-min) One of the furs used in blazoning, representing the skin of the little animal of that name. A field of ermine is white with black spots of a particular shape.

ESCUTCHEON - (es-kuch'-un) The shield, on which all lines are drawn and charges delineated; the background on which coat armor is represented; known in blazon as the field. It originally represented the war shield of a knight, upon which his arms were displayed.

ESTORIL - also Estoile - (es'-twal) [French.] A star with six wavy points. It is different from a mullet , the later having only five points, and these are straight

FER-DE-MOLINES (The same as MILLRIND) A bearing supposed to represent the iron which holds a millstone by being set into its center.

FLEUR DE LYS (flur'-de-lee) Heraldically this is a flower, and stands at the head of the flowers of heraldry. Its origin is unknown, one "authority" claiming that it was brought down from heaven by an angel for the arms of France. It is also said to mean the flower of Louis (Fleur de Louis), and was certainly used by Louis VII. It is undoubtedly the "flower of the lilly."

MPALING = joining two coats of arms palewise (by a vertical line).

LOSENGE - (loz'-enj) 1. A diamond-shaped bearing, usually with its upper and lower angles slightly acute.
2. The form of the escutcheon upon which women place their arms. Specifically, for spinsters and widows.
As the shield was used in war, it was peculiar to men, and the female had no part therein; hence an unmarried woman from earliest times placed her arms on a lozenge, perhaps in allusion to the fusil, or distaff; when married, she shares the shield of her husband.

PASSANT GUARDANT
(pas'-sant) Walking; said of any animal, except beasts of the chase, when represented as walking, with the dexter paw raised.
Gardant - Applied to a beast represented full-faced, or looking at the spectator, whether the animal be rampant, passant or otherwise. A beast of the chase - such as the hart, stag or hind - when depicted in this attitude is described as at gaze.

PELLETS - (pel'-let) A black roundel. (Also called ogress and gunstone.) [See also ROUNDEL.]

QUARTERLY - Placed in quarters; an escutcheon divided into quarters.

ROUNDEL - A subordinary in the form of a circle. If of a metal it is a simple disk; if of a color, it is convex, half a globe. It takes its name from its color, unless in case of counter-changes, which follow the tinctures of the field, or when the roundel is of fur or of equal tinctures, as "a roundel ermine," "a roundel checky or and azure." Otherwise roundels have distinguishing names, according to their tinctures. They are seldom borne singly, and are as follows:

When or they are Bezants,

When argent they are Plates,

When gules they are Torteaux,

When azure they are Hurts,

When vert they are Pommes,

When purpure they are Golpes,

When sable they are Pellets,

When tenne they are Oranges,

When sanguine they are Guzes.

SEMEE DE CRESCENTS
Seme - (sem'ay) A field or charge powdered or sprinkled with small charges, such as stars, crosses, etc. (Sometimes called powdered.)
Crescent - A bearing resembling the half moon with the points turned up. When used as a mark of cadency it denotes the second son.
When the points of the crescent face dexter it is increscent; toward sinister, decrescent.

SINISTER - (sin'-is-ter) The left side of the shield - the side opposite the the right hand of the spectator. Applied to the escutcheon, as the sinister chief point, sinister base point, etc.

Glossary extracted from Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry