bla·zon /ˈblezṇ/
(vt.)以家徽裝飾,宣布紋章
Bla·zon n.
1. A shield. [Obs.]
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. --Sir W. Scott.
3. The art or act of describing or depicting heraldic bearings in the proper language or manner.
4. Ostentatious display, either by words or other means; publication; show; description; record.
Obtrude the blazon of their exploits upon the company. --Collier.
Thy tongue, thy face, thy limbs, actions, and spirit,
Do give thee fivefold blazon. --Shak.
Bla·zon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blazoned p. pr. & vb. n. Blazoning ]
1. To depict in colors; to display; to exhibit conspicuously; to publish or make public far and wide.
Thyself thou blazon'st. --Shak.
There pride sits blazoned on th' unmeaning brow. --Trumbull.
To blazon his own worthless name. --Cowper.
2. To deck; to embellish; to adorn.
She blazons in dread smiles her hideous form. --Garth.
3. Her. 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. --Addison.
Bla·zon, v. i. To shine; to be conspicuous. [R.]
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blazon
n : the official symbols of a family, state, etc. [syn: coat of
arms, arms, blazonry]
v : decorate with heraldic arms [syn: emblazon]