HUE

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Color or shade of color; tint; dye. "Flowers of all hue." Milton. Hues of the rich unfolding morn. Keble.

2.
n.

A predominant shade in a composition of primary colors; a primary color modified by combination with others.

3.
n.

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.


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