Part 1182

<blockquote>And far and wide the icy summit <b>blazed</b>. <i> Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To be resplendent.</def>

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<cs><col>To blaze away</col>, <cd>to discharge a firearm, or to continue firing; -- said esp. of a number of persons, as a line of soldiers. Also used (<i>fig<i>.) of speech or action. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cd></cs>

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<hw>Blaze</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To mark (a tree) by chipping off a piece of the bark.</def>

<blockquote>I found my way by the <b>blazed</b> trees. <i>Hoffman.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To designate by blazing; to mark out, as by blazed trees; <as>as, to <ex>blaze</ex> a line or path</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Champollion died in 1832, having done little more than <b>blaze</b> out the road to be traveled by others. <i>Nott.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Blaze</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>blasen</ets> to blow; perh. confused with <ets>blast</ets> and <ets>blaze</ets> a flame, OE. <ets>blase</ets>. Cf. <er>Blaze</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>, and see <er>Blast</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make public far and wide; to make known; to render conspicuous.</def>

<blockquote>On charitable lists he <b>blazed</b> his name. <i> Pollok.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To <b>blaze</b> those virtues which the good would hide. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>To blazon.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Peacham.</i>

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<hw>Blaz"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who spreads reports or blazes matters abroad.</def> "<i>Blazers</i> of crime."

<i>Spenser.</i>

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<hw>Blaz"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Burning with a blaze; <as>as, a <ex>blazing</ex> fire; <ex>blazing</ex> torches.</as></def>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<cs><col>Blazing star</col>. <cd><sd>(a)</sd> A comet. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <sd>(b)</sd> A brilliant center of attraction. <sd>(c)</sd> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> A name given to several plants; as, to <spn>Cham\'91lirium luteum</spn> of the Lily family; <spn>Liatris squarrosa</spn>; and <spn>Aletris farinosa</spn>, called also <altname>colicroot</altname> and <altname>star grass</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Blazon</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Bla"zon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>blason</ets>, <ets>blasoun</ets>, shield, fr. F. <ets>blason</ets> coat of arms, OF. shield, from the root of AS. <ets>bl\'91se</ets> blaze, <ets>i</ets>. <ets>e</ets>., luster, splendor, MHG. <ets>blas</ets> torch See <er>Blaze</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A shield.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An heraldic shield; a coat of arms, or a bearing on a coat of arms; armorial bearings.</def>

<blockquote>Their <b>blazon</b> o'er his towers displayed. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The art or act of describing or depicting heraldic bearings in the proper language or manner.</def>

<i>Peacham.</i>