Obs. [f. prec. vb.] The delineation or heraldic description of armorial bearings.
1562. Leigh, Armorie (1597), 90 b. Erle Mortimers of March his cote … fully descrieth the same without any further emblason.
1592. Wyrley, Armorie, 27. Vsing the said French phrases in my emblazons.
1661. Morgan, Sph. Gentry, 34. This sort of Emblazon is proper for Ecclesiastical Persons.
