emblazonry
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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
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.
But touching that grave is a Marble Monument, white almost as the very snow, and, in the midst of the emblazonry of death, adorned with the armorial bearings belonging to a family of the high-born.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John
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)
This mosaic, when seen by daylight, would no doubt have disclosed to the sight, with much emblazonry and many colours, a gigantic coat-of-arms, in the Florentine fashion.
From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor
