From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [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"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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[imac], l[=a]juward[imac], 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.
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Azure stone (Min.), the lapis lazuli; also, the lazulite.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Azure \Az"ure\, n.
1. The lapis lazuli. [Obs.]
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2. The clear blue color of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of
this color. "In robes of azure." --Wordsworth.
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3. The blue vault above; the unclouded sky.
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Not like those steps
On heaven's azure. --Milton.
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4. (Her.) A blue color, represented in engraving by
horizontal parallel lines.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Azure \Az"ure\, v. t.
To color blue.
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