| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  bl z |
| NOUN: | 1. A white or light-colored spot or stripe on the face of an animal, such as a horse. 2. A mark cut or painted on a tree to indicate a trail. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: blazed, blaz·ing, blaz·es
1. To mark (a tree) with or as if with blazes. 2. To indicate (a trail) by marking trees with blazes. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Of Germanic origin; akin to akin to blaze1.
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