AZURE

a. n. v.

6 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless. Azure stone (Min.), the lapis lazuli; also, the lazulite.

2.
n.

The lapis lazuli. [Obs.]

3.
n.

The clear blue color of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this color. "In robes of azure." Wordsworth.

4.
n.

The blue vault above; the unclouded sky. Not like those steps On heaven's azure. Milton.

5.
n.

A blue color, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.

6.
v.

To color blue.


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