Blazon

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  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To describe (a coat of arms) in proper terms.
  • transitive verb. To paint or depict (a coat of arms) with accurate detail.
  • transitive verb. To adorn or embellish with or as if with a coat of arms.
  • transitive verb. To proclaim widely.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A coat of arms.
  • noun. The description or representation of a coat of arms.
  • noun. An ostentatious display.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To explain in proper heraldic terms (the arms or bearings on a shield).
  • To depict (armorial bearings) according to the rules of heraldry.
  • To inscribe with arms, or some ornament; adorn with blazonry.
  • To deck; embellish; adorn as with blazonry.
  • To display; exhibit conspicuously; make known; publish.
  • To proclaim or publish boastingly; boast of.
  • noun. In heraldry, a shield with arms on it; armorial bearings; a coat of arms; a banner bearing arms.
  • noun. A description in technical language of armorial bearings.
  • noun. Interpretation; explanation.
  • noun. Publication; show; celebration; pompous display, either by words or by other means.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A shield.
  • noun. An heraldic shield; a coat of arms, or a bearing on a coat of arms; armorial bearings.
  • noun. The art or act of describing or depicting heraldic bearings in the proper language or manner.
  • noun. Ostentatious display, either by words or other means; publication; show; description; record.
  • intransitive verb. To shine; to be conspicuous.
  • transitive verb. To depict in colors; to display; to exhibit conspicuously; to publish or make public far and wide.
  • transitive verb. To deck; to embellish; to adorn.
  • transitive verb. To describe in proper terms (the figures of heraldic devices); also, to delineate (armorial bearings); to emblazon.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A verbal or written description of a coat of arms.
  • noun. A formalized language for describing a coat of arms.
  • noun. : A coat of arms or a banner depicting a coat of arms.
  • verb. To describe a coat of arms.
  • verb. To make widely or generally known, to proclaim.
  • verb. To display conspicuously or publicly.
  • verb. To shine; to be conspicuous.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. decorate with heraldic arms
  • noun. the official symbols of a family, state, etc.
  • Word Usage
    "* As noted in Pimbley's Dictionary of Heraldry, the word blazon comes from the German word blasen, to blow as with a horn, because in the age of heraldry the style and arms of each knight were so proclaimed on public occasions."
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