Az"ure [F. & OSp. azur, Sp. azul, through Ar. from Per. lajaward, or lajuward, lapis lazuli, a blue color, lajawardi, lajuwardi, 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.
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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.
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Az"ure, v. t.
To color blue.
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