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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Azure \Az"ure\, v. t. To color blue. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: azure adj : of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky; "October's bright blue weather" [syn: {cerulean}, {sky-blue}, {bright blue}] n : a light shade of blue [syn: {cerulean}, {sapphire}, {lazuline}, {sky-blue}] v : color azure; "Morning azured the village"
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