dancettée is applied to lines whose teeth or indents are larger and wider than those of a line indente

debruised used when an ordinary or subordinary is placed over an animal or charge (see oppressed and surmounted)

dechaussé used of a charge cut into pieces which are set a small distance apart but preserve the original form (see dismembered)

decked used when the feathers of a bird are trimmed at the edges with a small line of a different colour from the rest of the body

decrescent a half moon having the horns towards the sinister

defamed without a tail

degreed or degraded having degrees or steps at the end

dejected anything thrown down

delve or delf one of the nine marks of abatement resembling a square clod of earth

demi half the top half being understood when no other is mentioned

despectant used of animals looking downwards

developed unfurled as in flying colours

dexter the right hand side of a shield viewed from the position of the person holding it (see sinister)

dimidiated divided in two equal parts

disclosed, expanded or expansed an alternative to displayed used of tame birds

dismembered used of a charge cut into pieces which are set a small distance apart but preserve the original form (see dechaussé)

displayed a bird of prey with its wings expanded

disponed arranged

distilling letting blood

dormant sleeping differs from couchant in that the head is lowered doubled with the lining turned up around the edge

double-queued having two tails (see queue-fourchée)

drapeau a flag

dragon an imaginary heraldic animal

drawing-iron an instrument used by wire-drawers

ducal coronet or crest coronet a coronet composed of four leaves of equal height above the rim

duciper a cap of maintenance