EMBLEM

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface. [Obs.] Milton.

2.
n.

A visible sign of an idea; an object, or the figure of an object, symbolizing and suggesting another object, or an idea, by natural aptness or by association; a figurative representation; a typical designation; a symbol; as, a balance is an emblem of justice; a scepter, the emblem of sovereignty or power; a circle, the emblem of eternity. "His cicatrice, an emblem of war, here on his sinister cheek." Shak.

3.
n.

A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verse, or the like, intended as a moral lesson or meditation.

4.
v.

To represent by an emblem; to symbolize. [R.] Emblemed by the cozening fig tree. Feltham.

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