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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Perhaps the greatest variation is in the form of the type of mount, or escutcheon , for the handle.
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Strictly speaking, therefore, impalement and the use of an escutcheon of pretence is marshalling at its simplest.
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These others with the black line drawn across their escutcheons belong to the leading supporters of de Montfort.
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This man Otis is the one blot on the banner of southern California; he is the bar sinister on your escutcheon .
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Two square escutcheon plates, each incised with a cross, have been riveted on to the surface above and below the keyhole.