emblemn.

Brit.

/ˈɛmbləm/, U.S.

/ˈɛmbləm/

Forms: Also Middle English–1600s embleme.

Etymology: < Latin emblēma inlaid work, a raised ornament on a vessel, < Greek ἔμβλημα an insertion, < ἐμβλη- perfect etc. stem of ἐμβάλλειν to throw in.

†1. An ornament of inlaid work. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying > [noun] > piece of inlaid work

hatchment1616

emblem1656

inlayingc1660

inlay1667

inlay work1884

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Emblem, any fine work cunningly set in wood or other substance, as we see in chessboards and tables.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 703 The ground, more colour'd then with stone Of costliest Emblem .

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.)

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Emblem, an inlay, an enamel, that which is inserted into some other substance.

†2.

a. A drawing or picture expressing a moral fable or allegory; a fable or allegory such as might be expressed pictorially. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [noun] > a picture > types of

emblemc1430

Flanders piece1659

night scenea1798

life study1837

colour picture1856

roundel1879

scrap1880

artist's impression1887

sleeve-picture1959

sleeve design1977

c1430 J. Lydgate Chorle & Bird (1818) 1 Emblemes of olde likenes and figures Whiche prouyd hen fructuous of sentence.

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 86 Iupiter..sent for Briareus, with his hundred Hands..An Embleme, no doubt, to shew,...

1635 F. Quarles Emblemes To Rdr. sig. A3 An Embleme is but a silent Parable.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. xi. 294 I like that Embleme of Charity..a naked child, giving honey to a Bee without wings.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 52 Like the Asse..in the Embleme.

1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) An Emblem,..a Representation of some moral Notion by Way of Device or Picture.

†b. abstract

ΚΠ

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Pp2^v Embleme [one of the two parts of the ‘art of memory’] reduceth conceits intellectuall to Images sensible.

a. A picture of an object (or the object itself) serving as a symbolical representation of an abstract quality, an action, state of things, class of persons, etc.

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society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol

tokeningc888

tokenc890

print1340

bannerc1380

signingc1390

signala1393

signc1400

similitude?c1400

type?a1500

sacrament1534

resemblance1548

adumbration1552

character1569

picture1580

symbol1590

moral?1594

attribute1600

symbolization1603

allegory1606

emblema1616

hieroglyph1646

simile1682

documentor1684

symptoma1687

monument1728

metaphor1836

presentation1866

symbolisms1876

ideogram1897

picture message1912

figura1959

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. i. 42 One Captaine Spurio his sicatrice, with an Embleme of warre heere on his sinister cheeke.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iv. i. 91 The Rod, and Bird of Peace, and all such Emblemes Laid Nobly on her.

1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper ii. 89 Such beasts..are emblemes..of Christian vertues.

1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 159 The short cut coat is the emblem of a military profession.

1837 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (ed. 2) III. v. 76 The ox is thought to be the emblem of life or strength.

1871 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce i. iii. 69 The spindle or the loom was the emblem of woman.

b. In wider sense: A symbol, typical representation. Sometimes applied to a person: The ‘type’, personification (of some virtue or quality).

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society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > symbolizing by a type > [noun] > a type

byseningc1175

samplera1400

image1548

express1553

mapa1591

emblema1631

pantotype1644

model1745

a1631 J. Donne Hymne to Christ What sea soever swallow mee, that flood Shall be to mee an embleme of thy blood.

1683 W. Temple Mem. in Wks. (1731) I. 480 For my Lord Treasurer and Lord Chamberlain, I found them two most admirable Emblems of the..Felicity of Ministers of State.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 14 And my Father, an Emblem of our Blessed Saviour's Parable, had even kill'd the fatted Calf for me.

1759 S. Johnson Idler 10 Feb. 41 The Evening is an Emblem of Autumn, and Autumn of declining Life.

1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. ii. 28 Mary Stuart..the emblem and exponent of all that was most Roman in Europe.

1875 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (1876) ix. vi. 333 Ocean, stars, and mountains, emblems and evidences of eternity.

4. A figured object used with symbolic meaning, as the distinctive badge of a person, family, nation, etc. Chiefly of heraldic devices, and of the symbolic objects accompanying the images of saints.

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society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] > emblem or device

signc1300

devicea1375

remembrancea1470

posya1565

ensign1579

impresaa1586

imprese1588

brief1594

impressa1616

emblem1616

impressa1628

notado1647

impressa1656

blazoning1828

1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale (Douce 170) (1888) i. ix. 160 So after his dead lord was pale and cold, takes off his ensigne, which his emblem bore.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 78 This tree..in after-times it became the Emblem of that Country.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth v, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 113 The Blue Falcon, the emblem of the Clan Quhele.

1841–4 R. W. Emerson Poet in Wks. (1906) I. 160 See the power of national emblems..a crescent, a lion, an eagle, or other figure, on an old rag of bunting.

1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) ix. 53 The weapon represents the emblem of St. Paul.

†5. In plural. The evidences of sex. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > sex organs > male sex organs > [noun]

genitalsa1393

jewelc1475

tackle1533

virility1598

emblemsa1625

virilities1646

genitalia1651

button1691

wally1698

family jewelsc1920

basket1941

crown jewel1970

lunchbox1972

junk1983

trouser department1985

package1993

a1625 J. Fletcher Pilgrim iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Hhhhh3/2 Where are his Emblemes?

Compounds

attributive. emblem book n. a book containing drawings with accompanying interpretations of their allegorical meaning; so emblem poem, emblem writer, etc.

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society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol > book containing drawings with meanings

emblem book1870

1870 H. Green Shakespeare & Emblem Writers ii. 30 (heading) Sketch of emblem-book literature previous to a.d. 1616.

1870 H. Green Shakespeare & Emblem Writers iii. 107 Of the Emblem-books in Spanish, German, Flemish, Dutch, and English, only the last would be available for Shakespeare's benefit.

1888 G. E. Sears (title) A collection of emblem books by Andrea Alciati.

1945 D. Bush Eng. Lit. in Earlier 17th Cent. 581 The latest and fullest study of Quarles's emblem imagery is by E. James.

1948 R. Freeman Eng. Emblem Bks. App. I. 238 I have taken for my criterion four characteristics commonly agreed to be essential by the emblem writers themselves. These are: 1. An emblem book should be a collection of moral symbols. 2. It should have pictures, or..should postulate the existence of pictures. 3. Attached to each picture should be a motto or brief sententia... 4. There should be an explanatory poem or passage of prose in which the picture and motto are interpreted and a moral..is drawn.

1963 Notes & Queries May 168/1 Some of the illustrated Arma Christi verses..are rudimentary emblem poems.

1963 Notes & Queries May 168/1 The medieval poems are not deliberately collected into ‘emblem books’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	emblem
释义	emblemn. Brit. /ˈɛmbləm/, U.S. /ˈɛmbləm/ Forms: Also Middle English–1600s embleme. Etymology: < Latin emblēma inlaid work, a raised ornament on a vessel, < Greek ἔμβλημα an insertion, < ἐμβλη- perfect etc. stem of ἐμβάλλειν to throw in. †1. An ornament of inlaid work. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > inlaying > [noun] > piece of inlaid work hatchment1616 emblem1656 inlayingc1660 inlay1667 inlay work1884 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Emblem, any fine work cunningly set in wood or other substance, as we see in chessboards and tables. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 703 The ground, more colour'd then with stone Of costliest Emblem . View more context for this quotation 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Emblem, an inlay, an enamel, that which is inserted into some other substance. †2. a. A drawing or picture expressing a moral fable or allegory; a fable or allegory such as might be expressed pictorially. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > [noun] > a picture > types of emblemc1430 Flanders piece1659 night scenea1798 life study1837 colour picture1856 roundel1879 scrap1880 artist's impression1887 sleeve-picture1959 sleeve design1977 c1430 J. Lydgate Chorle & Bird (1818) 1 Emblemes of olde likenes and figures Whiche prouyd hen fructuous of sentence. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 86 Iupiter..sent for Briareus, with his hundred Hands..An Embleme, no doubt, to shew,... 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes To Rdr. sig. A3 An Embleme is but a silent Parable. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. xi. 294 I like that Embleme of Charity..a naked child, giving honey to a Bee without wings. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 52 Like the Asse..in the Embleme. 1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) An Emblem,..a Representation of some moral Notion by Way of Device or Picture. †b. abstract ΚΠ 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Pp2^v Embleme [one of the two parts of the ‘art of memory’] reduceth conceits intellectuall to Images sensible. View more context for this quotation 3. a. A picture of an object (or the object itself) serving as a symbolical representation of an abstract quality, an action, state of things, class of persons, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol tokeningc888 tokenc890 print1340 bannerc1380 signingc1390 signala1393 signc1400 similitude?c1400 type?a1500 sacrament1534 resemblance1548 adumbration1552 character1569 picture1580 symbol1590 moral?1594 attribute1600 symbolization1603 allegory1606 emblema1616 hieroglyph1646 simile1682 documentor1684 symptoma1687 monument1728 metaphor1836 presentation1866 symbolisms1876 ideogram1897 picture message1912 figura1959 a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. i. 42 One Captaine Spurio his sicatrice, with an Embleme of warre heere on his sinister cheeke. View more context for this quotation 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iv. i. 91 The Rod, and Bird of Peace, and all such Emblemes Laid Nobly on her. View more context for this quotation 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper ii. 89 Such beasts..are emblemes..of Christian vertues. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France I. 159 The short cut coat is the emblem of a military profession. 1837 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (ed. 2) III. v. 76 The ox is thought to be the emblem of life or strength. 1871 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce i. iii. 69 The spindle or the loom was the emblem of woman. b. In wider sense: A symbol, typical representation. Sometimes applied to a person: The ‘type’, personification (of some virtue or quality). ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > symbolizing by a type > [noun] > a type byseningc1175 samplera1400 image1548 express1553 mapa1591 emblema1631 pantotype1644 model1745 a1631 J. Donne Hymne to Christ What sea soever swallow mee, that flood Shall be to mee an embleme of thy blood. 1683 W. Temple Mem. in Wks. (1731) I. 480 For my Lord Treasurer and Lord Chamberlain, I found them two most admirable Emblems of the..Felicity of Ministers of State. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 14 And my Father, an Emblem of our Blessed Saviour's Parable, had even kill'd the fatted Calf for me. 1759 S. Johnson Idler 10 Feb. 41 The Evening is an Emblem of Autumn, and Autumn of declining Life. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. ii. 28 Mary Stuart..the emblem and exponent of all that was most Roman in Europe. 1875 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (1876) ix. vi. 333 Ocean, stars, and mountains, emblems and evidences of eternity. 4. A figured object used with symbolic meaning, as the distinctive badge of a person, family, nation, etc. Chiefly of heraldic devices, and of the symbolic objects accompanying the images of saints. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > [noun] > emblem or device signc1300 devicea1375 remembrancea1470 posya1565 ensign1579 impresaa1586 imprese1588 brief1594 impressa1616 emblem1616 impressa1628 notado1647 impressa1656 blazoning1828 1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale (Douce 170) (1888) i. ix. 160 So after his dead lord was pale and cold, takes off his ensigne, which his emblem bore. a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 78 This tree..in after-times it became the Emblem of that Country. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth v, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 113 The Blue Falcon, the emblem of the Clan Quhele. 1841–4 R. W. Emerson Poet in Wks. (1906) I. 160 See the power of national emblems..a crescent, a lion, an eagle, or other figure, on an old rag of bunting. 1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) ix. 53 The weapon represents the emblem of St. Paul. †5. In plural. The evidences of sex. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > sex organs > male sex organs > [noun] genitalsa1393 jewelc1475 tackle1533 virility1598 emblemsa1625 virilities1646 genitalia1651 button1691 wally1698 family jewelsc1920 basket1941 crown jewel1970 lunchbox1972 junk1983 trouser department1985 package1993 a1625 J. Fletcher Pilgrim iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Hhhhh3/2 Where are his Emblemes? Compounds attributive. emblem book n. a book containing drawings with accompanying interpretations of their allegorical meaning; so emblem poem, emblem writer, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [noun] > a symbol > book containing drawings with meanings emblem book1870 1870 H. Green Shakespeare & Emblem Writers ii. 30 (heading) Sketch of emblem-book literature previous to a.d. 1616. 1870 H. Green Shakespeare & Emblem Writers iii. 107 Of the Emblem-books in Spanish, German, Flemish, Dutch, and English, only the last would be available for Shakespeare's benefit. 1888 G. E. Sears (title) A collection of emblem books by Andrea Alciati. 1945 D. Bush Eng. Lit. in Earlier 17th Cent. 581 The latest and fullest study of Quarles's emblem imagery is by E. James. 1948 R. Freeman Eng. Emblem Bks. App. I. 238 I have taken for my criterion four characteristics commonly agreed to be essential by the emblem writers themselves. These are: 1. An emblem book should be a collection of moral symbols. 2. It should have pictures, or..should postulate the existence of pictures. 3. Attached to each picture should be a motto or brief sententia... 4. There should be an explanatory poem or passage of prose in which the picture and motto are interpreted and a moral..is drawn. 1963 Notes & Queries May 168/1 Some of the illustrated Arma Christi verses..are rudimentary emblem poems. 1963 Notes & Queries May 168/1 The medieval poems are not deliberately collected into ‘emblem books’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). emblemv. Brit. /ˈɛmbləm/, U.S. /ˈɛmbləm/ Forms: Also 1600s embleme. Etymology: < emblem n. transitive. To be the emblem of (something); to express, symbolize, or suggest by means of an emblem. Also, to emblem forth. ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > be symbol of [verb (transitive)] > represent by symbol > of things: represent by symbol emblem1584 emblematize1615 enigmatize1631 emblemize1639 emblematicize1780 1584 G. Whetstone Mirour for Magestrates Epist. sig. Av To reforme the inconueniences Embleamed in this Myrrour, neede neither Machauils Pollycies, nor new Sessions of Parliament. a1626 W. Rowley Birth of Merlin (1662) sig. G1 Those by-form'd fires..emblem two Royal babes. 1636 J. Henshaw Horæ Succisivæ (ed. 4) 28 Much knowledge, not much speech, emblem's a wise man. 1652 E. Sparke Scintillula Altaris (1663) 314 To emblem forth his variety of operations. 1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (1665) 313 This mystery of Providence was emblemed in the prophetick vision of a wheel. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 157 All Christianism, as Dante and the Middle Ages had it, is emblemed here. 1845 Neale Mirror Faith 84 And Holy Church hath Her banners high To emblem her Saviour's Victory. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1430v.1584
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emblemn.

Compounds

emblemv.