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Azure

Azure Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Azure? [n] a light shade of blue [adj] of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky; "October's bright blue weather" [v] color azure; "Morning azured the village" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Azure: bright blue \| cerulean \| cerulean \| chromatic \| lazuline \| sapphire \| sky-blue \| sky-blue Related Terms \| Find terms related to Azure: achievement \| air \| alerion \| animal charge \| annulet \| argent \| armorial bearings \| armory \| arms \| azurean \| azure-blue \| azure-colored \| azured \| azureness \| azureous \| bandeau \| bar \| bar sinister \| baton \| bearings \| bend \| bend sinister \| beryl-blue \| berylline \| billet \| blazon \| blazonry \| blue \| blue sky \| blueness \| bluish \| bluishness \| bordure \| broad arrow \| cadency mark \| caelum \| Caelus \| canopy \| canopy of heaven \| canton \| cerulean \| ceruleous \| cerulescent \| chaplet \| charge \| chevron \| chief \| coat of arms \| cockatrice \| cope \| coronet \| crescent \| crest \| cross \| cross moline \| crown \| cyanean \| cyanosis \| dark-blue \| deep-blue \| device \| difference \| differencing \| eagle \| empyrean \| ermine \| ermines \| erminites \| erminois \| escutcheon \| ether \| falcon \| fess \| fess point \| field \| file \| firmament \| flanch \| fleur-de-lis \| fret \| fur \| fusil \| garland \| griffin \| gules \| gyron \| hatchment \| heaven \| heavens \| helmet \| heraldic device \| honor point \| hyaline \| impalement \| impaling \| inescutcheon \| label \| lift \| lifts \| light-blue \| lightish-blue \| lion \| livid \| lividity \| lividness \| lozenge \| mantling \| marshaling \| martlet \| mascle \| metal \| motto \| mullet \| nombril point \| octofoil \| or \| ordinary \| orle \| pale \| paly \| pavonian \| pavonine \| peacock-blue \| pean \| pheon \| purpure \| quarter \| quartering \| rose \| sable \| saltire \| sapphire \| sapphirine \| scutcheon \| shield \| sky \| sky-blue \| sky-colored \| sky-dyed \| spread eagle \| starry heaven \| subordinary \| tenne \| the blue \| the blue serene \| tincture \| torse \| tressure \| turquoise \| unicorn \| vair \| vault \| vault of heaven \| vert \| welkin \| wreath \| yale See Also \| blue \| blueness \| color \| color in \| colorise \| colorize \| colour \| colour in \| colourise \| colourize Azure In Webster's Dictionary \Az"ure\ (?; 277), a. [F. & OSp. azur, Sp. azul, through Ar. from Per. l[=a]jaward, or l[=a]juward, lapis lazuli, a blue color, l[=a]jaward[=i], l[=a]juward[=i], azure, cerulean, the initial l having been dropped, perhaps by the influence of the Ar. azr-aq azure, blue. Cf. G. lasur, lasurstein, azure color, azure stone, and NL. lapis lazuli.] Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless. {Azure stone} (Min.), the lapis lazuli; also, the lazulite. \Az"ure\, n. 1. The lapis lazuli. [Obs.] 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. \Az"ure\, v. t. To color blue.

Azure Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Azure?

[n] a light shade of blue
[adj] of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky; "October's bright blue weather"
[v] color azure; "Morning azured the village"

Azure In Webster's Dictionary

\Az"ure\ (?; 277), a. [F. & OSp. azur, Sp. azul, through
Ar. from Per. l[=a]jaward, or l[=a]juward, lapis lazuli, a
blue color, l[=a]jaward[=i], l[=a]juward[=i], azure,
cerulean, the initial l having been dropped, perhaps by the
influence of the Ar. azr-aq azure, blue. Cf. G. lasur,
lasurstein, azure color, azure stone, and NL. lapis lazuli.]
Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded
sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.

{Azure stone} (Min.), the lapis lazuli; also, the lazulite.


\Az"ure\, n.
1. The lapis lazuli. [Obs.]

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.


\Az"ure\, v. t.
To color blue.

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