Definition of blue

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Blue (n.) One of the seven colors into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism; the color of the clear sky, or a color resembling that, whether lighter or darker; a pigment having such color. Sometimes, poetically, the sky..

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Crocidolite :: Crocidolite (n.) A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and soda; -- called also blue asbestus. A silicified form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to oxide of iron, is the yellow brown tiger-eye of the jewelers..
Whitehead :: Whitehead (n.) The blue-winged snow goose.
Stone-cold :: Stonechat (n.) The blue titmouse.
Isatis :: Isatis (n.) A genus of herbs, some species of which, especially the Isatis tinctoria, yield a blue dye similar to indigo; woad..
Oxeye :: Oxeye (n.) A titmouse, especially the great titmouse (Parus major) and the blue titmouse (P. coeruleus)..
Blue :: Blue (superl.) Pale, without redness or glare, -- said of a flame; hence, of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths..
Pissabed :: Pissabed (n.) A name locally applied to various wild plants, as dandelion, bluet, oxeye daisy, etc..
Smalt-blue :: Smalt-blue (a.) Deep blue, like smalt..
Indophenol :: Indophenol (n.) Any one of a series of artificial blue dyestuffs, resembling indigo in appearance, and obtained by the action of phenol on certain nitrogenous derivatives of quinone. Simple indophenol proper has not yet been isolated..
Poa :: Poa (n.) A genus of grasses, including a great number of species, as the kinds called meadow grass, Kentucky blue grass, June grass, and spear grass (which see)..
Chrysocolla :: Chrysocolla (n.) A hydrous silicate of copper, occurring massive, of a blue or greenish blue color..
Cyanosite :: Cyanosite (n.) Native sulphate of copper. Cf. Blue vitriol, under Blue..
Vesuvianite :: Vesuvianite (n.) A mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, and also massive, of a brown to green color, rarely sulphur yellow and blue. It is a silicate of alumina and lime with some iron magnesia, and is common at Vesuvius. Also called idocrase..
Cerulific :: Cerulific (a.) Producing a blue or sky color.
Purdah :: Purdah (n.) A curtain or screen; also, a cotton fabric in blue and white stripes, used for curtains..
Sapphire :: Sapphire (n.) Any humming bird of the genus Hylocharis, native of South America. The throat and breast are usually bright blue..
Stentorious :: Stentorin (n.) A blue coloring matter found in some stentors. See Stentor, 2..
Cucullated :: Cucullated (a.) Having the edges toward the base rolled inward, as the leaf of the commonest American blue violet..
Deep :: Deep (superl.) Strongly colored; dark; intense; not light or thin; as, deep blue or crimson..
Bluets :: Bluets (a.) A name given to several different species of plants having blue flowers, as the Houstonia coerulea, the Centaurea cyanus or bluebottle, and the Vaccinium angustifolium..
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