Sable: black 

Argent: white 

Griffin: a fabled animal, a mixture of Lion and Eagle, denotes power. The head, talons, wings, and claws were those of an Eagle; neck, body, legs, tail, of the lion. 

Erased: torn off 

Counter Changed: white heads on black ground, black heads on white ground 

Couped: cut off as by one stokr of the sword 

Gules: red; the crest must be red