Blaze

blaz, n. a rush of light or of flame a bursting out or active display.— v.t. to burn with a flame to throw out light [A.S blase, a torch, from root of Blow.] Blaze, blaz, Blazon, hhVzn, v to proclaim, to spread a broad. —To Blaze a tree, to make a white mark by cutting off a piece of the bark. [Same as Blare Blazon is the M. E. blasen with die n retained.] Blazon, blft'zn, v to make public to display to diaw or to explain in proper terms, the figures, . in armorial bearings —« the science or tuIcs of coats of arms [Fr. blazon, a coat of arms, from root of Blaze.]