Default Postures and Orientations

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                                        Shapes & Symbols:

                                        1. Cornice: one point to chief
                                        2. Delf: flat side to base
                                        3. Labyrinth: No default orientation.
                                        4. Mitsutomoe: No default orientation.
                                        5. Nailpuller: one point to chief
                                        6. Spiral: No default orientation.
                                        7. Spur-Rowel: one point to chief
                                        8. Valknut: points to chief

                                        The World & Heavens:

                                        1. Mountain: issuant from base
                                        2. Sunburst: rays to chief
                                        3. Thunderbolt: flame palewise, wings fesswise, lightning in saltire
                                        4. Wind: upright, facing dexter

                                        Plants:

                                        1. Broom: pods to chief
                                        2. Cabbage: stem to base
                                        3. Cattail: upright
                                        4. Cherry: No default orientation.
                                        5. Columbine: pendent to dexter
                                        6. Flax: stem to base
                                        7. Hazel: stem to base
                                        8. Lemon: stem to chief
                                        9. Mandrake: affronty, feet to base
                                        10. Nesselblatt: one large point to base
                                        11. Octofoil: one point to chief
                                        12. Peony: blossom affronty
                                        13. Quince: stem to base
                                        14. Turnip: roots to base

                                        Invertebrates:

                                        1. Bee: volant in arrière
                                        2. Butterfly: volant in arrière
                                        3. Cicada: tergiant
                                        4. Crab: tergiant
                                        5. Dragonfly: volant in arrière
                                        6. Moth: volant in arrière
                                        7. Prawn: tergiant
                                        8. Scorpion: tergiant
                                        9. Wasp: volant in arrière

                                        Fishes:

                                        1. Barbel: naiant
                                        2. Chabot: tergiant
                                        3. Octopus: tentacles to base
                                        4. Polypus: tentacles to base
                                        5. Sea-Dog: erect
                                        6. Sea-Dragon: erect
                                        7. Sea-Fox: erect
                                        8. Sea-Serpent: No default posture.
                                        9. Sea-Tortoise: tergiant palewise
                                        10. Sea-Wolf: erect

                                        Reptiles:

                                        1. Caduceus: upright
                                        2. Caldera Gringolada: upright
                                        3. Crocodile: No default posture.
                                        4. Dragon: segreant (rampant wings addorsed)
                                        5. Pithon: No default posture.
                                        6. Rod of Asclepius: upright
                                        7. Toad: tergiant
                                        8. Tortoise: tergiant

                                        Birds:

                                        1. Crane: close, typically drawn with one leg raised, frequently shown holding a rock, which may be blazoned “in its vigilance
                                        2. Crow: close
                                        3. Dove: close
                                        4. Egg: palewise
                                        5. Heron: statant close
                                        6. Lure: cord to chief
                                        7. Owl: close guardant
                                        8. Panache: quills to base
                                        9. Poppinjay: close
                                        10. Simurgh: No default posture.
                                        11. Stork: close

                                        Beasts:

                                        1. Alphyn: No default posture.
                                        2. Bison: No default posture.
                                        3. Buffalo: point to chief
                                        4. Camel: No default posture.
                                        5. Chatloup: No default posture.
                                        6. Domestic Cat: No default posture.
                                        7. Elephant: statant
                                        8. Enfield: No default posture.
                                        9. Fleece: feet down, head to dexter
                                        10. Fox: No default posture.
                                        11. Gorilla: No default posture.
                                        12. Griffin: rampant, blazoned “segreant
                                        13. Hedgehog: statant
                                        14. Ibex: point to chief
                                        15. Keythong: rampant
                                        16. Lamb: passant
                                        17. Leopard: rampant
                                        18. Llama: No default posture.
                                        19. Mouse: No default posture.
                                        20. Musimon: No default posture.
                                        21. Otter: statant, perhaps; best to blazon explicitly
                                        22. Ounce: rampant
                                        23. Pawprint: toes to chief
                                        24. Pegasus: No default posture.
                                        25. Racoon: No default posture.
                                        26. Rhinoceros: statant
                                        27. Sow: No default posture.
                                        28. Wildcat: No default posture.
                                        29. Wolverine: No default posture.
                                        30. Yale: No default posture.

                                        Body Parts:

                                        1. Skull: cabossed

                                        Postures:

                                        1. Migrant: close

                                        People:

                                        1. Cherub: affronty
                                        2. Dextrochère: dexter arm fesswise embowed
                                        3. Gorgon: affronty
                                        4. Manticore: No default posture.
                                        5. Melusine: affronty
                                        6. Merman: erect affronty
                                        7. Saracen: facing dexter
                                        8. Savage: facing dexter
                                        9. Seraph: affronty
                                        10. Tress: end to base
                                        11. Triton: erect affronty
                                        12. Viking: statant affronty
                                        13. Wound: gouty to base

                                        Food:

                                        1. Amphora: upright
                                        2. Barrel: fesswise
                                        3. Beaker: upright
                                        4. Bottle: upright
                                        5. Chalice: palewise
                                        6. Cornucopia: palewise opening to chief
                                        7. Cup: upright
                                        8. Drinking Horn: curving to dexter, opening to chief
                                        9. Flask: opening to chief
                                        10. Fleshpot: opening to chief
                                        11. Knife: point to chief, cutting to dexter
                                        12. Meat: point to chief
                                        13. Mortar: No default orientation.
                                        14. Oven: dome to chief
                                        15. Pan: palewise, handle to base
                                        16. Peel: palewise, handle to base
                                        17. Pestle: No default orientation.
                                        18. Salt Barrel: opening to top
                                        19. Spit: point to chief
                                        20. Spoon: palewise, handle to base
                                        21. Trammel Hook: palewise
                                        22. Trivet: in annulo, all three legs visible
                                        23. Weinleiter: No default orientation.

                                        Clothing:

                                        1. Bag: opening to chief
                                        2. Belt: buckle to chief
                                        3. Buckle: No default orientation.
                                        4. Eyeglasses: lenses fesswise, bridge to chief
                                        5. Garter: in annulo, loose end to base
                                        6. Glove: dexter hand, apaumy, fingers to chief
                                        7. Heckle: No default orientation.
                                        8. Hempbreak: legs to base
                                        9. Hood: upright, facing dexter
                                        10. Mantle: upright affronty
                                        11. Maunch: wrist to dexter, elbow bent to base
                                        12. Pouch: opening to chief
                                        13. Scissors: palewise, points to chief
                                        14. Scrip: opening to chief
                                        15. Shears: palewise, points to base
                                        16. Shoe: sole to base, toe to dexter
                                        17. Tassel: threads to base
                                        18. Thimble: palewise, opening to base
                                        19. Veil: statant affronty

                                        Tools:

                                        1. Adze: handle to base, cutting to dexter
                                        2. Anvil: flat surface to chief
                                        3. Awl: point to chief
                                        4. Axe-Head: blade to dexter
                                        5. Bellows: spout to base
                                        6. Block Plane: fesswise, cutting to sinister
                                        7. Calipers: points to base
                                        8. Compass: points to base
                                        9. Drill: upright
                                        10. Ladder: upright
                                        11. Mallet: head to chief, striking to dexter
                                        12. Pick: fesswise, pointing to dexter
                                        13. Pliers: handles to base
                                        14. Punner: palewise
                                        15. Shave: fesswise
                                        16. Staple: points to base

                                        Buildings:

                                        1. Andiron: upright
                                        2. Anille: fesswise
                                        3. Bathtub: upright
                                        4. Boardwalk: No default orientation.
                                        5. Castle: upright
                                        6. Church: upright
                                        7. Cresset: flame to chief
                                        8. House: upright
                                        9. Keystone: wide edge to chief
                                        10. Obelisk: point to chief
                                        11. Park Pales: palewise
                                        12. Table: legs to base
                                        13. Torii: upright
                                        14. Tower: palewise
                                        15. Well: opening to chief
                                        16. Window: No default orientation.

                                        Arts & Sciences:

                                        1. Bowling Pin: point to chief
                                        2. Clarion: curlicue to dexter base
                                        3. Flute: fesswise, finer holes affronty, mouth aperture to sinister
                                        4. Lute: neck to chief
                                        5. Lyre: upright
                                        6. Paintbrush: palewise, brush to chief
                                        7. Penbox: fesswise
                                        8. Psaltery: unknown
                                        9. Whirligig: upright

                                        Farming:

                                        1. Bag of Madder: fesswise
                                        2. Barnacles: hinge to chief
                                        3. Bucket: handle to chief
                                        4. Coulter: point to chief, cutting to dexter
                                        5. Crook: palewise, handle to dexter chief
                                        6. Fetterlock: open, bolt to base, keyhole to dexter
                                        7. Flail: handle to base
                                        8. Hames: palewise
                                        9. Hay House: upright
                                        10. Hayfork: handle to base
                                        11. Hoe: blade to chief, as of the March 2021 Cover Letter
                                        12. Horseshoe: opening to base
                                        13. Millstone: affronty
                                        14. Plow: fesswise, pulling to dexter
                                        15. Plowshare: point to chief
                                        16. Pruning Knife: hook to chief, cutting to dexter
                                        17. Sickle: handle to base, point to dexter
                                        18. Snaffle-Bit: fesswise
                                        19. Turning Cratch: upright
                                        20. Wagon: wheels to base, driving to dexter
                                        21. Wool-Pack: fesswise
                                        22. Yoke: fesswise

                                        Ships & Fishing:

                                        1. Caravel: upright, sailing to dexter
                                        2. Drakkar: sailing to dexter
                                        3. Fishhook: point to dexter chief
                                        4. Harpoon: point to chief
                                        5. Lymphad: upright, sailing to dexter
                                        6. Oar: handle to base
                                        7. Rowboat: traveling to dexter
                                        8. Sail: billowing, hanging from a horizontal yard
                                        9. Salmon Spear: points to base

                                        Military:

                                        1. Battering Ram: fesswise
                                        2. Billhook: point to chief
                                        3. Bird-Blunt: point to base
                                        4. Breastplate: upright
                                        5. Caltrop: point to chief
                                        6. Crampet: point to base
                                        7. Cronel: points to chief
                                        8. Glaive: point to chief, cutting to dexter
                                        9. Grenade: flame to chief
                                        10. Handgun Rest: palewise, fork to chief
                                        11. Mace: hilt to base
                                        12. Pheon: point to base
                                        13. Quiver: upright
                                        14. Scourge: handle to base
                                        15. Sword: point to chief
                                        16. Truncheon: palewise, point to chief
                                        17. War Hammer: head to chief, striking to dexter

                                        Assorted Objects:

                                        1. Axle: in annulo
                                        2. Banner: pole upright
                                        3. Candelabrum: upright
                                        4. Catherine Wheel: in annulo
                                        5. Cog-Wheel: affronty
                                        6. Cushion: square
                                        7. Firebrand: palewise, flames to chief
                                        8. Furison: fesswise, handles to chief
                                        9. Gonfalon: tails to base
                                        10. Hourglass: palewise
                                        11. Menorah: upright
                                        12. Phial: opening to chief