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20 issuing usually from the middle chief, although it may proceed from any other part of the extremity of the shield. Fig. 72.

The Quarter is formed by two lines drawn in the direction of the pale and fess, and meeting at the fess point.

The Canton is rather smaller than the quarter, but like it is situated in the dexter chief of the field. See second quarter of Fig. 175.

The Gyron is formed by a diagonal line bisecting the quarter bendwise. Fig. 73.



This charge may be repeated, so as to cover the entire field, in which case it is blazoned as gyronny, and the number specified. Thus Fig. 74 is Gyronny of eight, argent and azure.

The Bordure is a band surrounding the entire shield. This ordinary may be engrailed, indented, invected, &c. Fig. 75.

If the bordure be formed of metal and colour alternately, it is called Compony. Fig. 76.