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Emblazoning

Emblazon \Em*bla"zon\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Emblazoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Emblazoning.] [Pref. em- + blazon. Cf. Emblaze.]

  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.
    --Prescott.

Emblazoning

Emblazoning \Em*bla"zon*ing\, n. The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings.

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emblazoning

n. Something emblazoned. vb. Present participle of ''to emblazon''.

Usage examples of "emblazoning".

Their tawny features, now all begrimed with smoke and sweat, their matted beards, and the contrasting barbaric brilliancy of their teeth, all these were strangely revealed in the capricious emblazonings of the works.