blazonryn.
/ˈbleɪzənri/ 1. The description or depicting of heraldic devices.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldry > [noun] > art of describing heraldic devices
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1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman xiii. 142 I purpose not heere to enter into a large field and absolute discourse of Blazonry.
1829 W. Scott Lett. Demonol. iii. 98 Those who practise the art of blazonry.
2.
a. A heraldic device, or collection of heraldic devices; armorial bearings.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > [noun]
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a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 228 The old Impresa or Arms, Blazonry of the House and Family.
1805 R. Southey Madoc i. x. 106 Madoc approached, and saw the blazonry.
1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches I. 34 The Cromwell blazonry..has given place to Montague blazonry.
b. figurative.
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society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign
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1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 273 Broidered vestments torn in many a shred, Grief's blazonry.
1877 F. W. Farrar In Days of Youth (ed. 4) xxxiv. 342 To make you..read on your souls the heraldic blazonry of their high origin from God.
3. figurative. Display by brilliant colouring, setting forth with artistic skill.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [noun]
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blazonry1814
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1814 R. Southey Roderick iii. 14 That vision floated still Before his sight with all her blazonry.
1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris xi. 216 The blazonry, in stone or canvas, of the exploits that have wasted their blood and treasure.
1878 H. B. Stowe Poganuc People iii. 19 No pageants, no sights, no shows, except the eternal blazonry of nature.
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