Emily Dickinson Lexicon

EM-BLAZE, v.t. [Fr. blasonner; Sp. blasonar; Port. blazonar, brazonar; allied to G. blasen, D. blaazen, to blow, and Fr. blaser, to burn, Eng. blaze. The sense is to swell, to enlarge, to make showy.]

1. To adorn with glittering embellishments. No weeping orphan saw his father's stores / Our shrines irradiate, or emblaze the floor. Pope.
2. To blazon; to paint or adorn with figures armorial. The imperial ensign, streaming to the wind, / With gems and golden luster rich emblazed. Milton.