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BLAZE (A.-S. blaese, a torch)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 49 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BLAZE (A.-S. blaese, a
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torch)  , a
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fire or
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bright
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flame; more nearly akin to the Ger. bless,
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pale or shining
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white, is the use of the word for the white
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mark on the
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face of a
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horse or cow, and the
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American use for a mark made on a
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tree by cutting off a piece of the bark . The word " to
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blaze," in the sense of to
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noise abroad, comes from the A.-S. blaesan, to
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blow, cf. the Ger. blasen; in sense, if not in origin, it is confused with "
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blazon " in
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heraldry .

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