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blazed

• 1 adj. of a tree, marked by the removal of a piece of bark to reveal the white wood.

  See also: blaze ((v.))  

  • 1816  (1827)  I passed through fifty or sixty miles of wood, by a road chiefly composed of blazed trees. . . .
  • 1963  Two blazed trees . . . will show us the lobstick portage.

• 2 adj. of a trail, property line, etc., identified by a series of trees, stumps, etc. that have been marked with blazes.

  See also: blaze ((n.))  

  • 1842  The traps for martens are placed along a blazed path (called a "cat path") leading into the interior. . . .
  • 1852  Being unused to the bush roads, they had missed the blazed line that led to his clearing.
  • 1965  I felt a sudden heartening thrill at the knowledge that this modest, blazed footpath went on and on. . . .