Dictionary entry

Ensign (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

En″sign, v. t. 1. To designate as by an ensign.

Henry but joined the roses that ensigned

Particular families. B. Jonson.

2. To distinguish by a mark or ornament; esp. (Her.), by a crown; thus, any charge which has a crown immediately above or upon it, is said to be ensigned.