BLAZON (2)

blazon (2)|blazonry. Blazon, or Blazonry, n. the act of heraldry, a display

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Bla″zon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blazoned (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Blazoning (�).] [[From blazon, n.; confused with 4th blaze: cf. F. blasonner.]] 1. 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. 2. To deck; to embellish; to adorn.
She blazons in dread smiles her hideous form. Garth. 3. 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.