hue
hue is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 31 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Painting) A predominant shade in a composition of primary colors; a primary color modified by combination with others.
- 2.A shouting or vociferation. Hue and cry (Law), a loud outcry with which felons were anciently pursued, and which all who heard it were obliged to take up, joining in the pursuit till the malefactor was taken; in later usage, a written proclamation issued on the escape of a felon from prison, requiring all persons to aid in retaking him. Burrill.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abyss
- and
- below
- bottomless
- brimstone
- creek
- damnation
- eternal
- everlasting
- fallen
- fire
- gehenna
- habitation
- hell
- hellish
- infernal
- inferno
- lake
- limbo
- never
- night
- pit
- place
- purgatory
- scowl
- sheol
- stygian
- that
- the
- torment
- worm
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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