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Blazon
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- 1 A verbal or written description of a coat of arms. countable, uncountable
"...it should never be forgotten that the best blazon is that which is the most perspicuous"
- 2 the official symbols of a family, state, etc. wordnet
- 3 A formalized language for describing a coat of arms. countable, uncountable
"The official blazon of the arms of Perth is "Gules, a Holy Lambe passant regardant staff and cross argent, with the banner of St. Andrew proper, all within a double tressure counter-flowered of the second": […]."
- 4 A coat of arms or a banner depicting a coat of arms. countable, uncountable
"He wears their motto on his blade, / Their blazon o'er his towers displayed; [...]"
- 5 Ostentatious display, verbal or otherwise; publication; description; record. countable, uncountable
"Obtrude the blazon of their exploits upon the company."
- 1 To describe a coat of arms. transitive
"the following coat of arms, which I will send you in the original language, not being herald enough to blazon it in English"
- 2 decorate with heraldic arms wordnet
- 3 To make widely or generally known, to proclaim.
"O thou goddess/ thou divine Nature, how thyself thou blazon'st/ in these two princely boys."
- 4 To display conspicuously or publicly.
- 5 To shine; to be conspicuous.
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- 6 To deck; to embellish; to adorn.
"She blazons in dread smiles her hideous form."
Etymology
From Middle English blason, blasoun (“shield”), from Old French blason (“shield”).
From Middle English blason, blasoun (“shield”), from Old French blason (“shield”).
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