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fret

The fret has been called the "heraldic true lover's knot". It consists of a the border of a diamond of equal sides, interlaced with a cross made of two bendlets (thin bars), running from corner to corner in the form of a saltire (X). The fret signifies persuasion. In early days the charge was interchangeable with a quarter or a field fretty, which is simply interlacing bendlets going diagonally right and left. In fact, fretty was the original pattern. The fretty pattern represents a net and signifies persuasion.

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