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Definition of Counterchanged

Counterchanged
Counterchanged Coun`ter*changed" (-ch?njd"), a. 1. Exchanged. 2. (Her.) Having the tinctures exchanged mutually; thus, if the field is divided palewise, or and azure, and cross is borne counterchanged, that part of the cross which comes on the azure side will be or, and that on the or side will be azure.
Counterchanged
Counterchange Coun`ter*change" (koun`t[~e]r*ch[=a]nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counterchanged (-ch?njd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Counterchanging.] 1. To give and receive; to cause to change places; to exchange. 2. To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging. See Counterchaged, a., 2. Witch-elms, that counterchange the floor Of this flat lawn with dusk and bright. --Tennyson.

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- the bend is counterchanged). The 2nd and 3rd quarters are themselves quartered between white (argent) and red (gules) with a counterchanged cross bottony...
- six Or and Sable, a bend counterchanged (for Calvert); 2nd and 3rd, quarterly argent and gules, a cross bottony counterchanged (for Crossland). The Calvert...
- two roundels Sable over all six guitar strings palewise throughout counterchanged. Motto ECCE COR MEUM (Behold My Heart) Orders Suspended below the Shield...
- Argent and Azure per saltire abased counterchanged a square billet and two spur rowels upwards in chevron counterchanged. Supporters On either side an owl...
- Crosses Saltires of St. Andrew and St. Patrick Quarterly per Saltire, counterchanged Argent and Gules; the latter fimbriated of the Second, surmounted by...
- bars), with a bend dexter counterchanged, and the Crossland (mother's family) red and white bottony (tre-foiled) counterchanged cross. The flag first flew...
- is usually rendered as a five-pointed star in dark and light shades counterchanged in a style similar to a comp**** rose. In Unicode, this symbol is in...
- pale argent and cendree, the bell counterchanged; third per pale argent and cendree, a square tower counterchanged; a base tierced per pale, first gules...
- white-fimbriated symmetric red cross on a blue field with a white-fimbriated counterchanged saltire of red and white. Alternative 3:5 ratio Proportion 3:5...
- "parted" to be omitted (e.g., Per pale argent and vert, a tree eradicated counterchanged). Some authorities prefer to capitalise the names of tinctures and charges...