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RoundlesVariants: Roundles, Bezants, Plates, Torteau, Hurts, Pomeis, Pellets, Ogresses, Golpes, Oranges, Guzes, Fountains, Boules [Fr.]
Round figures which may be charged with any figure. In blazon change their names according to the different tinctures of which they are composed, except when they are counter-changed. When or. they are called Bezants. When argent = Plates. Gules = Torteau. Azure = Hurts. Vert = Pomeis. Sable = Pellets, or Ogresses. Purpure = Golpes. Tenné = Oranges. Sanguine = Guzes. Barry wavy, ar. and az. Fountains. These figures are all globular, except the bezant, plate, and fountain.


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