Found 2 items, similar to Blazoning.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: blazon blazon n : the official symbols of a family, state, etc. [syn: coat of arms , arms, blazonry] blazon v : decorate with heraldic arms [syn: emblazon]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Blazoning Blazon \Bla"zon\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blazoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Blazoning.] [From blazon, n.; confused with 4th blaze: cf. F. blasonner.] 1. To depict in colors; to display; to exhibit conspicuously; to publish or make public far and wide. [1913 Webster] Thyself thou blazon'st. --Shak. [1913 Webster] There pride sits blazoned on th' unmeaning brow. --Trumbull. [1913 Webster] To blazon his own worthless name. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 2. To deck; to embellish; to adorn. [1913 Webster] She blazons in dread smiles her hideous form. --Garth. [1913 Webster] 3. (Her.) To describe in proper terms (the figures of heraldic devices); also, to delineate (armorial bearings); to emblazon. [1913 Webster] The coat of, arms, which I am not herald enough to blazon into English. --Addison. [1913 Webster]