Blazon
Blazon ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Old English blason, blasoun, shield, from French blason coat of arms, Old French shield, from the root of Anglo-Saxon blase blaze, i. e., luster, splendor, Middle High German blas torch See Blaze, n.]
1.
A shield. [Obsolete]
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. — Peacham
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.
Blazon ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[From blazon, n.; confused with 4th blaze: compare French blasonner.]
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.
(Heraldry) 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 , intransitive verb
To shine; to be conspicuous. [Rare]