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Webster 1913 Edition
Azure
Az′ure
(?; 277)
, Adj.
[F. & OSp.
azur
, Sp. azul
, through Ar. from Per. lājaward
, or lājuward
, lapis lazuli, a blue color, lājawardī
, lājuwardī
, azure, cerulean, the initial l having been dropped, perhaps by the influence of the Ar. azr-aq
azure, blue. Cf. G. lasur
, lasur
stein, 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
,Noun.
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
On heaven’s
azure
. Milton.
4.
(Her.)
A blue color, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
Az′ure
,Verb.
T.
To color blue.
Webster 1828 Edition
Azure
AZ'URE
,Adj.
Of a sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the sky.