[em-bluh
m] 
| 1. | an object or its representation, symbolizing a quality, state, class of persons, etc.; symbol: The olive branch is an emblem of peace. |
| 2. | a sign, design, or figure that identifies or represents something: the emblem of a school. |
| 3. | an allegorical picture, often inscribed with a motto supplemental to the visual image with which it forms a single unit of meaning. |
| 4. | Obsolete. an inlaid or tessellated ornament. |
| 5. | to represent with an emblem. |
| em·blem (ěm'bləm) n.
[Middle English, pictorial fable, from Latin emblēma, raised ornament, from Greek, embossed design, from emballein, to insert, set in : en-, in; see en-2 + ballein, to throw; see gwelə- in Indo-European roots.] |