Azure \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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Azure \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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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