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Sarai’s were at the extremity of the dexter arm—which was a way of saying right, as sinister was a way of saying left—down the long, curved corridor from the gallery.

Parted shields came into common use from the reign of Edward II., and the rule is established that the husband’s arms should take the dexter side.

It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base.

Grand Marshal,   At the base of the shield a cloud,from the dexter side of which proceeds a hand holding asword in pale, and from the sinister, another hand holdinga baton of office.

"Agincourt" is inscribed under their coat of arms; their crest is "a dexter arm couped below the elbow, vested argent, and grasping a club or, and over it the motto Frappe fort."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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