Sekirov Dictionary

Turkey blue

adjective 2
noun 2
forms 3

adjective2

(no longer used) Dyed Turkey blue.
(no longer used) Colored Turkey blue or (inexact) a similarly deep blue.

noun2

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(no longer used) A deep blue obtained by careful application of indigo dye to silk.
- The blues are divided by dyers into five, light blue, sky blue, middle blue, king's blue, Turkey blue. The two last require a previous ground of archil. — 1815
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(no longer used) An item dyed Turkey blue.
- The bales for the Tunis market should be assorted as under... 9 pieces Turkey blues [per] 50 pieces... — 1818

forms

Turkey blues · more Turkey blue · most Turkey blue

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