Sekirov Dictionary

blazon

/ˈbleɪzən/

verb 5
noun 4
forms 5

verb5

•
To make widely or generally known, to proclaim.
- 18th century, William Cowper, Retirement In drawing pictures of forbidden joys, Retires to blazon his own worthless name
To display conspicuously or publicly.
•
To describe a coat of arms.
- the following coat of arms, which I will send you in the original language, not being herald enough to blazon it in English — 1713
•
To deck; to embellish; to adorn.
- She blazons in dread smiles her hideous form. — 1699
To shine; to be conspicuous.

noun4

•
A coat of arms or a banner depicting a coat of arms.
- He wears their motto on his blade, / Their blazon o'er his towers displayed; [...] — 1808
•
A verbal or written description of a coat of arms.
- ...it should never be forgotten that the best blazon is that which is the most perspicuous — 1894
•
A formalized language for describing a coat of arms.
- 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... — 1997
•
Ostentatious display, verbal or otherwise; publication; description; record.
- Obtrude the blazon of their exploits upon the company. — 1709

forms

blazoned · blazoning · blazoneth · blazons · blazonest

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