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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
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.
bla'zn.
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.
The art of drawing, describing or explaining coats of arms; perhaps a coat of arms, as used by the French.
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)

  1. (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
  2. (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...
  3. (heraldry) A coat of arms or a banner depicting a coat of arms.
    • Sir Walter Scott
      Their blazon o'er his towers displayed.
  4. 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.

Translations

Verb

blazon (third-person singular simple present blazons, present participle blazoning, simple past and past participle blazoned)

  1. (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
  2. 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
  3. To display conspicuously or publicly.
  4. To shine; to be conspicuous.
  5. To deck; to embellish; to adorn.
    • Garth
      She blazons in dread smiles her hideous form.

Translations

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Esperanto

Noun

blazon

  1. accusative singular of blazo