Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BLA'ZON, v.t. [bla'zn; Fr. blasonner; It. blasonare; Sp. blasonar, to blazon; blason, heraldry. It is a derivative of blaze.]

1. To explain, in proper terms, the figures on ensigns armorial. – Addison.
2. To deck; to embellish; to adorn. She blazons in dread smiles her hideous form. – Garth.
3. To display; to set to show; to celebrate by words or writing. – Shak.
4. To blaze about; to make public far and wide.
5. To display; to exhibit conspicuously. There pride sits blason'd on th' unmeaning brow. – Trumbull.