blazon

See also: blázon

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From Old French blason ‎(“shield”).

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
(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...
(heraldry) A coat of arms or a banner depicting a coat of arms.
- Sir Walter Scott
  Their blazon o'er his towers displayed.
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.

a description of a coat of arms

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
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
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.

to describe of a coat of arms

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