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azure

UK /ˈæʒə/US /ˈæʒɚ/

noun 6
adjective 3
verb 1
forms 3

noun6

•
The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.
- In robes of azure. — 1815
•
A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
- Berington of Chester (on the authority of Harleian manuscript No. 1535) is said to bear a plain shield of azure. Personally I doubt this coat of arms […] — 1904
•
(literary) The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.
- Not like those steps / On heaven's azure. — 1667
Any of various widely distributed lycaenid butterflies of the genus Celastrina.
Any of various Australasian lycaenid butterflies of the genus Ogyris.
Lapis lazuli.

adjective3

•
Sky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky.
- When Britain first, at Heaven's command / Arose from out the azure main. — 1740
•
In blazon, of the colour blue.
- ‘I forget your coat of arms.’ ‘A human foot d’or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel.’ — 1846
Cloudless.

verb1

•
To colour blue.
- Our readers are aware that much of the sugar sold in many countries goes through an azuring treatment; blue is added to granulated sugar with the view of making it appear whiter than it actually is. — 1907

forms

azured · azuring · azures

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