blaze4 (blaz)

[E. dial. (not found in ME. or AS.), = MLG. blase, a bladder, = OHG. blāsa, MHG. blase, G. blasen, a bladder, bubble, blister, pimple; from the verb blaze2 (= OHG. blāsan, MHG. G. blasen ), blow: see blaze2, and cf. blast and blister.] A pimple. [Prov. Eng.] blaze5 (blāz), n. [Origin uncertain.) Same as brash1, 4 ( a ). blaze6 (blāz), n. pl. Irregular spelling of blaes, plural of blae. See blae, n. blazer1 (blā'zér), n. [ The origin of the word is as follows: The uniform of the Lady Margaret Boat Club of St. John's College, Cambridge, is bright red, and the John i an jackets have for many years been called blazers . Up to a few years ago the inaccurate modern use of blazer for a jacket of any blow, hence sound a trumpet, p mpet, proclaim, blaze (see blaze2 ); by some to blazel; but the orig. sense 'shield,' with other facts, is against such derivation. In ME. and mod. E. blaze2 and blazon are of course a ociated in thought.] 1. In her., a shield with arms on it; armorial bearings; a coat of arms; a banner bearing arms. The chief functionaries of city and province,... all marching under emblematical standards or time-honored blazons . Motley, Dutch Republic, III. 533. 2. A description in technical language of armorial bearings. Peculiar and fantastic changes introduced by certain heralds are chiefly in the blazon, and not in the graphic representation: thus, when the arms of nobles are described by precious stones (sapphire instead of azure, topaz instead of or, and the like), or when the arms of sovereigns are described by the planets, the description only is peculiar, the drawing and coloring of the achievement being of the same character as those of ordinary bearings. 3t. Interpretation; explanation. I think your blazon to be true. Shak ., Much Ado, ii. 1. 4. Publication; show; celebration; pompous display, either by words or by other means. But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood. Shak ., Hamlet, i. 5.