What does "azure" mean?
Azure: The lapis lazuli. [Obs.]
Additional senses
- 2.The clear blue color of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this color. "In robes of azure." Wordsworth.
- 3.The blue vault above; the unclouded sky. Not like those steps On heaven's azure. Milton.
- 4.(Her.) A blue color, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
- 5.To color blue.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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