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noun
Blazon  n.  
1.
A shield. (Obs.)
2.
An heraldic shield; a coat of arms, or a bearing on a coat of arms; armorial bearings. "Their blazon o'er his towers displayed."
3.
The art or act of describing or depicting heraldic bearings in the proper language or manner.
4.
Ostentatious display, either by words or other means; publication; show; description; record. "Obtrude the blazon of their exploits upon the company." "Thy tongue, thy face, thy limbs, actions, and spirit, Do give thee fivefold blazon."


verb
Blazon  v. t.  (past & past part. blazoned; pres. part. blazoning)  
1.
To depict in colors; to display; to exhibit conspicuously; to publish or make public far and wide. "Thyself thou blazon'st." "There pride sits blazoned on th' unmeaning brow." "To blazon his own worthless name."
2.
To deck; to embellish; to adorn. "She blazons in dread smiles her hideous form."
3.
(Her.) To describe in proper terms (the figures of heraldic devices); also, to delineate (armorial bearings); to emblazon. "The coat of, arms, which I am not herald enough to blazon into English."


Blazon  v. i.  To shine; to be conspicuous. (R.)





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"Blazon" Quotes from Famous Books



... the splendor of woe, Which the children of vanity rear; No fiction of fame shall blazon my name, All I ask—all ...
— My Recollections of Lord Byron • Teresa Guiccioli
... the sword on his side. Cliges mounts on the white Arab, fully armed; from his neck he hangs by the straps a shield made of elephant's bone, such that it will neither break nor split nor had it blazon or device; the armour was all white, and the steed and the harness were all ...
— Cliges: A Romance • Chretien de Troyes
... anxiety of the servants to preserve their incognito, the carriage without blazon, the obscure place where it was drawn up, and the advanced hour of the night, all inspired the chevalier with a sentiment of mistrust; but reflecting that he gave his arm to a woman, and had a sword by his side, he got in boldly. The mask sat down by ...
— The Conspirators - The Chevalier d'Harmental • Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
... belonging to them, and good store of ticking and worsted holders. A half-gone set of egg-shell china stood in the parlor-closet,—cups, and teapot, and sugar-bowl, rimmed with brown and gold in a square pattern, and a shield without blazon on the side; the quaint tea-caddy with its stopper stood over against the pursy little cream-pot, and held up in its lumps of sparkling sugar the oddest sugar-tongs, also a family relic;—beside this, ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 8, No. 46, August, 1861 • Various
... wall about Christians, but soon they begin to make havock and spoil of one another; then there is raising evil reports, and taking up evil reports, against each other. Hence it is that whispering and backbiting proceeds, and going from house to house to blazon the faults and infirmities of others: hence it is that we watch for the haltings of one another, and do inwardly rejoice at the miscarriages of others, saying in our hearts, "ha! ha! so we would have it:" but now where unity and peace is, there is charity; and where charity is, there we are willing ...
— An Exhortation to Peace and Unity • Attributed (incorrectly) to John Bunyan


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