Scutcheon

n.	1.	An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield. The corpse lay in state, with all the pomp of scutcheons, wax lights, black hangings, and mutes. - Macaulay.
	2.	A small plate of metal, as the shield around a keyhole. See Escutcheon, 4.

Noun	1.	scutcheon - a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers Synonyms: escutcheon, finger plate
	2.	scutcheon - a shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms Synonyms: escutcheon

achievement, alerion, animal charge, annulet, argent, armorial bearings, armory, arms, azure, bandeau, bar, bar sinister, baton, bearings, bend, bend sinister, billet, blazon, blazonry, bordure, broad arrow, cadency mark, canton, chaplet, charge, chevron, chief, coat of arms, cockatrice, coronet, crescent, crest, cross, cross moline, crown, device, difference, differencing, eagle, ermine, ermines, erminites, erminois, escutcheon, falcon, fess, fess point, field, file, flanch, fleur-de-lis, fret, fur, fusil, garland, griffin, gules, gyron, hatchment, helmet, heraldic device, honor point, impalement, impaling, inescutcheon, label, lion, lozenge, mantling, marshaling, martlet, mascle, metal, motto, mullet, nombril point, octofoil, or, ordinary, orle, pale, paly, pean, pheon, purpure, quarter, quartering, rose, sable, saltire, shield, spread eagle, subordinary, tenne, tincture, torse, tressure, unicorn, vair, vert, wreath, yale

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