emblazonry

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A word that signifies wounded, used in emblazonry to denote an animal wounded by another creature.

From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous

So transparent was the air, washed by the fog and vivified by the sun, that I could decipher the color pattern of his shield emblazonry: a checkerboard of red and black.

From Desert Dust by Shepherd, J. Clinton

You must come to-morrow and see my grand emblazonry of the Ratcliffe and Armine coats; I mean it for the gallery.'

From Henrietta Temple A Love Story by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

In quiet but vigilant emblazonry, it seemed to stand apart, like some far back member of the family in whose pride it shared.

From St. Cuthbert's by Knowles, Robert E.

And wherever the flag comes, and men behold it, they see in its sacred emblazonry no rampant lion and fierce eagle, but only light, and every fold indicative of liberty.

From Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose by Dickey, J. M. (John Marcus)