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<p><b>4.</b> <def>Ostentatious display, either by words or other means; publication; show; description; record.</def>

<blockquote>Obtrude the <b>blazon</b> of their exploits upon the company. <i>Collier.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Thy tongue, thy face, thy limbs, actions, and spirit, Do give thee fivefold <b>blazon</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Bla"zon</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Blazoned</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Blazoning</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From <ets>blazon</ets>, n.; confused with 4th <ets>blaze</ets>: cf. F. <ets>blasonner</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To depict in colors; to display; to exhibit conspicuously; to publish or make public far and wide.</def>

<blockquote>Thyself thou <b>blazon'st</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>There pride sits <b>blazoned</b> on th' unmeaning brow. <i>Trumbull.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To <b>blazon</b> his own worthless name. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To deck; to embellish; to adorn.</def>

<blockquote>She <b>blazons</b> in dread smiles her hideous form. <i>Garth.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>To describe in proper terms (the figures of heraldic devices); also, to delineate (armorial bearings); to emblazon.</def>

<blockquote>The coat of , arms, which I am not herald enough to <b>blazon</b> into English. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Bla"zon</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To shine; to be conspicuous.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Blazoner</h1> <Xpage=153>

<hw>Bla"zon*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who gives publicity, proclaims, or blazons; esp., one who blazons coats of arms; a herald.</def>

<i>Burke.</i>

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<h1>Blazonment</h1> <Xpage=154>

<hw>Bla"zon*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or blazoning; blazoning; emblazonment.</def>

<h1>Blazonry</h1> <Xpage=154>

<hw>Bla"zon*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Same as <er>Blazon</er>, 3.</def>

<blockquote>The principles of <b>blazonry</b>. <i>Peacham.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A coat of arms; an armorial bearing or bearings.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>blazonry</b> of Argyle. <i>Lord Dufferin.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Artistic representation or display.</def>

<h1>Blea</h1> <Xpage=154>

<hw>Blea</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The part of a tree which lies immediately under the bark; the alburnum or sapwood.</def>