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coordinated

dexterous in the use of more than one set of muscle movements

Gyron

on the shield it is bounded by two lines drawn from the fess point one horizontally to the dexter side and one to the dexter chief corner

Left handed

Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right

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Sinister

On the left hand or the side of the left hand left opposed to dexter or right

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

Dextro

A prefix from L dexter meaning pertaining to or toward the right

Contourneacute

not the usual one said of an animal turned to the sinister which is usually turned to the dexter or the like

Chevron

nine honorable ordinaries consisting of two broad bands of the width of the bar issuing respectively from the dexter and sinister bases of the field and conjoined at its center

Poursuivant

name being derived from the ensign of his ancestor, Cadwaladyr. He also assumed a red dragon as the dexter supporter of his arms. (4) Portcullis.--This office was instituted by the same monarch, from one of whose badges

Purpure

lines declining from the right top to the left base of the escutcheon or from sinister chief to dexter base

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