distinguish several points in the escutcheon in order to determine
exactly the position of the bearings or charges. They are denoted in
the annexed diagram, by the first nine letters of the alphabet ranged
in the following manner:

[Illustration]


|-----------------|
| A B C | A, the dexter chief.
| | B, the precise middle chief.
| D | C, the sinister chief.
| | D, the honour point.
| E | E, the fess point.
| | F, the nombril point.
| F | G, the dexter base.
| | H, the precise middle base.
| G H I | I, the sinister base.
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The dexter side of the escutcheon answers to the left hand, and the
sinister side to the right hand of the person that looks at it.


TINCTURES.

By the term _Tincture_ is meant that variable hue which is given to