Blazon

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A Shield.

II. Blazon ·vi To Shine; to be conspicuous.

III. Blazon ·noun An heraldic shield; a coat of arms, or a bearing on a coat of arms; armorial bearings.

IV. Blazon ·noun The art or act of describing or depicting heraldic bearings in the proper language or manner.

V. Blazon ·noun Ostentatious display, either by words or other means; publication; show; description; record.

VI. Blazon ·vt To Deck; to Embellish; to Adorn.

VII. Blazon ·vt To depict in colors; to Display; to exhibit conspicuously; to publish or make public far and wide.

VIII. Blazon ·vt To describe in proper terms (the figures of heraldic devices); also, to delineate (armorial bearings); to Emblazon.