▪ I. blazoning, vbl. n.
(ˈbleɪzənɪŋ)
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
1. The art of describing heraldic devices.
| 1610 J. Guillim Heraldry i. ii. 6 In Blazoning you must vse an aduised deliberation before you enter therunto. a 1586 Campion Hist. Irel. (1633) x. 32 His skill in blasoning of armes. |
2. The painting of heraldic devices; concr. a heraldic device.
| a 1649 Drummond of Hawthornden Consid. to Parl. Wks. (1711) 185 Without the bar in the blazoning of his arms. 1828 Tytler Hist. Scot. (1864) I. 321 On the shield of Prince Henry..there is no appearance of any heraldic blazoning. 1852 C. M. Yonge Cameos (1877) II. xxxi. 327 Subtleties, representing Catherine's patron Saint, blazonings, or her motto and Henry's. |
b. = ‘Illuminating.’
| 1843 Lytton Last. Bar. i. v. 68 The blazoning of missals. |
3. The action of proclaiming or publishing.
| 1533 Bellenden Livy ii. 202 The blasoning and predicacioun of his luffing. 1642 R. Carpenter Exper. v. vii. 243 Be not so large in the blazoning of your due Obedience. |
▪ II. ˈblazoning, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That paints or describes heraldic devices.
| 1864 Burton Scot Abr. II. 814 Man is a blazoning animal. |