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color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets. "The blue firmament." Milton.

A broad, flat Scottish cap of blue woolen, or one waring such cap; a Scotchman.

A parliamentary publication, so called from its blue paper covers. [Eng.]

compressa) with bluish green stems, valuable in thin gravelly soils; wire grass. Kentucky blue grass, a species of grass (Poa pratensis) which has running rootstocks and spreads rapidly. It is valuable as a pasture grass, as it endures both winter and drought better than other kinds, and is very nutritious.…

tionary captain, named Caldwell, that no cock could be truly game unless the mother was a blue hen, whence Blue Hen's Chickens came to be a nickname for the people of Delaware.

of the United States (Cyanocitta, or Cyanura, cristata). The predominant color is bright blue.

The blue-cheeked honeysucker of Australia.

Having blue eyes.

a grasslike plant (Sisyrinchium anceps), with small flowers of a delicate blue color.

The Sate of Kentucky; -- a nickname alluding to the blue-grass region, where fine horses are bred.

A name given to fluor spar in Derbyshire, where it is used for ornamental purposes.

ecause the promises made by some investment companies are as boundless or alluring as the blue sky, or, perhaps, because designed to clear away the clouds and fogs from the simple investor's horizon. [Colloq.]

Having blue veins or blue streaks.

A trout (Salmo oquassa) inhabiting some of the lakes of Maine.

r wives. -- Also used adjectively of a subject which it is forbidden to investigate. The Bluebeard chamber of his mind, into which no eye but his own must look. Carlyle.

A plant of the genus Campanula, especially the Campanula rotundifolia, which bears blue bell-shaped flowers; the harebell.

. The commonest species are V. Pennsylvanicum and V. vacillans. V. corymbosum is the tall blueberry.

A duck of the genus Fuligula. Two American species (F. marila and F. affinis) are common. See Scaup duck.

he United States, and, in the north, one of the earliest to arrive in spring. The male is blue, with the breast reddish. It is related to the European robin. Pairy bluebird (Zoöl.), a brilliant Indian or East Indian bird of the genus Irena, of several species.

A plant (Centaurea cyanus) which grows in grain fields. It receives its name from its blue bottle-shaped flowers.