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Webster 1913 Edition
Blazon
Bla′zon
,Noun.
[OE. ]
blason
, blasoun
, shield, fr. F. blason
coat of arms, OF. shield, from the root of AS. blæse
blaze, i. e., luster, splendor, MHG. blas
torch See Blaze
, Noun.
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. Sir W. Scott.
3.
The art or act of describing or depicting heraldic bearings in the proper language or manner.
Peacham.
4.
Ostentatious display, either by words or other means; publication; show; description; record.
Obtrude the
blazon
of their exploits upon the company. Collier.
Thy tongue, thy face, thy limbs, actions, and spirit,
Do give thee fivefold
Do give thee fivefold
blazon
. Shakespeare
Bla′zon
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Blazoned
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Blazoning
.] [From
blazon
, n.; confused with 4th blaze
: cf. F. blasonner
.] 1.
To depict in colors; to display; to exhibit conspicuously; to publish or make public far and wide.
Thyself thou
blazon'st
. Shakespeare
There pride sits
blazoned
on th' unmeaning brow. Trumbull.
To
blazon
his own worthless name. Cowper.
2.
To deck; to embellish; to adorn.
She
blazons
in dread smiles her hideous form. Garth.
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. Addison.
Bla′zon
,Verb.
I.
To shine; to be conspicuous.
[R.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Blazon
BLA'ZON
,Verb.
T.
1.
To explain, in proper terms, the figures on ensigns armorial.2.
To deck; to embellish; to adorn.She blazons in dread smiles her hideous form.
3.
To display; to set to show; to celebrate by words or writing.4.
To blaze about; to make public far and wide.5.
To display; to exhibit conspicuously.There pride sits blazon'd on th' unmeaning brow.
BLA'ZON
,Noun.
1.
Publication; show; celebration; pompous display, either by words or by other means.Definition 2024
blazon
blazon
See also: blázon
English
Noun
blazon (plural blazons)
- (heraldry) A verbal or written description of a coat of arms.
- 1894, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry:
- ...it should never be forgotten that the best blazon is that which is the most perspicuous
- 1894, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry:
- (heraldry) A formalized language for describing a coat of arms.
- 1997, Gerard J. Brault, Early Blazon:
- We must banish, therefore, the persistent but wholly erroneous notion that the heralds invented many of the terms used in blazon and borrowed the rest from the everyday lexicon of terms...
- 1997, Gerard J. Brault, Early Blazon:
- (heraldry) A coat of arms or a banner depicting a coat of arms.
- Sir Walter Scott
- Their blazon o'er his towers displayed.
- Sir Walter Scott
- Ostentatious display, verbal or otherwise; publication; description; record.
- Collier
- Obtrude the blazon of their exploits upon the company.
- Shakespeare
- Thy tongue, thy face, thy limbs, actions, and spirit, / Do give thee fivefold blazon.
- Collier
Translations
a description of a coat of arms
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Verb
blazon (third-person singular simple present blazons, present participle blazoning, simple past and past participle blazoned)
- (transitive) To describe a coat of arms.
- Addison
- the coat of arms, which I am not herald enough to blazon into English
- 1889, Charles Norton Elvin, A Dictionary of Heraldry
- After Blazoning the Shield, you proceed to the exterior ornaments viz.: The Helmet, Lambrequin, Crest, Supporters, Badge, and Motto
- Addison
- To make widely or generally known, to proclaim.
- Shakespeare, w:Cymbeline, Act VI-III:
- O thou goddess/ thou divine Nature, how thyself thou blazon'st/ in these two princely boys.
- Trumbull
- There pride sits blazoned on th' unmeaning brow.
- Cowper
- to blazon his own worthless name
- Shakespeare, w:Cymbeline, Act VI-III:
- To display conspicuously or publicly.
- To shine; to be conspicuous.
- To deck; to embellish; to adorn.
- Garth
- She blazons in dread smiles her hideous form.
- Garth
Translations
to describe of a coat of arms