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blazon

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
blazon /ˈbleɪz(ə)n/

▶verb

1 display or report prominently or vividly.

2 describe or depict (armorial bearings) in a correct heraldic manner.

▶noun a correct description of armorial bearings.

■ archaic a coat of arms.

– origin ME (denoting a shield): from OFr. blason ‘shield’, of unknown origin; verb influenced by blaze3.

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