Word Meanings - BLAZONMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The act or blazoning; blazoning; emblazonment.

Related words: (words related to BLAZONMENT)

• BLAZONRY
  1. Same as Blazon, 3. The principles of blazonry. Peacham. 2. A coat of arms; an armorial bearing or bearings. The blazonry of Argyle. Lord Dufferin. 3. Artistic representation or display.
• BLAZONMENT
  The act or blazoning; blazoning; emblazonment.
• BLAZON
  arms, OF. shield, from the root of AS. blæse blaze, i. e., luster, 1. A shield. 2. An heraldic shield; a coat of arms, or a bearing on a coat of arms; armorial bearings. Their blazon o'er his towers displayed. Sir W. Scott. 3. The art or act of
• EMBLAZONMENT
  An emblazoning.
• BLAZONER
  One who gives publicity, proclaims, or blazons; esp., one who blazons coats of arms; a herald. Burke.
• EMBLAZONING
  The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings.
• EMBLAZONRY
  The act or art of an emblazoner; heraldic or ornamental decoration, as pictures or figures on shields, standards, etc.; emblazonment. Thine ancient standard's rich emblazonry. Trench.
• EMBLAZONER
  One who emblazons; also, one who publishes and displays anything with pomp.
• EMBLAZON
  1. To depict or represent; -- said of heraldic bearings. See Blazon. 2. To deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to display pompously; to decorate. The walls were . . . emblazoned with legends in commemoration of the illustrious pair.
• IMBLAZON
  See EMBLAZON