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EMBLEM (Gr. Eµ3Xysa, something put in...

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 308 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EMBLEM (Gr. Eµ3Xysa, something put in or inserted, from EµfiiXAew, to throw in)  , a word originally applied in See also:Greek and Latin (emblema) to a raised or inlaid See also:ornament on vases and other vessels, &c., and also to See also:mosaic or See also:tessellated See also:work . It is in See also:English confined to a symbolical See also:representation of some See also:object, particularly when used as a badge or heraldic See also:device .

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