Ye shall compass the city--and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times. Josh. 6. For ye compass sea and land. Math. 23. 4. To besiege; to beleaguer; to block up. This is not a different sense, but a particular application. Thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side. Luke 19. 5.
The people so classified also were categorized collectively as gente de razn, a term that literally means people of reason, but was originally used to designate non-Spaniards and especially people of mixed genetic heritage who were able to speak the Spanish language.
blazon n. coat of arms, late 13c., from Old French blason (12c.) a shield, blazon, also collar bone; common Romanic (cf. Spanish blason, Italian blasone, Portuguese brasao, ProvenÃ§al blezo, the first two said to be French loan-words); of uncertain origin.