Azure

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A bright blue, as of a clear sky.
  • noun. The color blue.
  • noun. The blue sky.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To color blue.
  • noun. Lapis lazuli.
  • noun. The fine blue color of the sky: as, “her eyes a bashful azure,”
  • noun. A name formerly applied to several sky-colored or blue pigments, but now used for cobalt blue (which see, under blue).
  • noun. The sky, or blue vault of heaven.
  • noun. In heraldry, the tincture blue, which in uncolored drawings or engravings is represented by shading in horizontal lines. Often abbreviated to az.
  • Resembling the clear blue color of the sky; sky-blue.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To color blue.
  • adjective. Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.
  • adjective. the lapis lazuli; also, the lazulite.
  • noun. The lapis lazuli.
  • noun. The clear blue color of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this color.
  • noun. The blue vault above; the unclouded sky.
  • noun. A blue color, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
  • noun. The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.
  • noun. The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.
  • noun. Lapis lazuli.
  • adjective. Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.
  • adjective. In blazon, of the colour blue.
  • verb. To colour blue.
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  • noun. a light shade of blue
  • adjective. of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky
  • verb. color azure
  • Word Usage
    "This was particularly hard to do since, just before we went on the air, ABC had shown a series of exchanges between police and demonstrators which made it quite clear that the boys in azure blue were on a great lark. beating up everyone in sight."
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