blue : Idioms & Phrases

• noun delicate California annual having blue flowers marked with dark spots
  Nemophila menziesii.
  

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• noun blue cheese of Bavaria
  

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• Prussian blue. Ure.
• Prussian blue.

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• noun a reliable and deadly 15,000-pound fragmentation bomb that explodes just above ground with a large radius; the largest conventional bomb in existence; used in Afghanistan
  BLU-82.
  

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• the dark color of a bruise in the flesh, which is accompanied with a mixture of blue. "To pinch the slatterns black and blue." Hudibras.

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• adjective satellite discolored by coagulation of blood beneath the skin
  livid.
  
  • beaten black and blue
  • livid bruises

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• noun African plant with bright green evergreen leaves and umbels of many usually deep violet-blue flowers
  African lily; African tulip; Agapanthus africanus.
  

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• noun the sky as viewed during daylight
  blue; blue air; blue sky.
  
  • he shot an arrow into the blue

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• noun the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
  blue; blue angel; Amytal; blue devil; amobarbital sodium.
  

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• . See Crocidolite.

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• noun ash of central and southern United States with bluish-green foliage and hard brown wood
  Fraxinus quadrangulata.
  

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• noun an infant born with a bluish color; usually has a defective heart
  

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• of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost black.

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• noun a member of the aristocracy
  aristocrat; patrician.
  

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• . See under Blood.

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Blue" bon`net, Blue"-bon`net noun (Also<

• Blue bonnet
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1. A broad, flat Scottish cap of blue woolen, or one waring such cap; a Scotchman.
2. (Bot.) A plant. Same as Bluebottle.
3. (Zoöl.) The European blue titmouse (Parus coeruleus); the bluecap.

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• noun a report published by the British government; bound in blue
  
• noun a register of persons who are socially prominent
  
• noun a blue booklet used in universities for writing examinations
  

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Blue" book`

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1. A parliamentary publication, so called from its blue paper covers. Eng.
2. The United States official "Biennial Register."

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• (Zoöl.), a small South African antelope (Cephalophus pygmæus); also applied to a larger species (Ægoceras leucophæus); the blaubok.

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• noun upright rhizomatous perennial with bright blue flowers; southern Europe
  erect bugle; Ajuga genevensis.
  

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• noun large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns
  nylghau; Boselaphus tragocamelus; nilgai; nylghai.
  

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• noun tall erect and very leafy perennial herb of eastern North America having dense spikes of blue flowers
  great lobelia; Lobelia siphilitica.
  

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• noun a large catfish of the Mississippi valley
  blue cat; blue channel cat; blue catfish.
  

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• noun a large catfish of the Mississippi valley
  blue cat; blue channel cat; blue catfish.
  

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• noun a large catfish of the Mississippi valley
  blue cat; blue channel cat; blue catfish.
  

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• noun a large catfish of the Mississippi valley
  blue cat; blue channel cat; blue catfish.
  

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• noun cheese containing a blue mold
  bleu.
  

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• noun vinaigrette containing crumbled Roquefort or blue cheese
  Roquefort dressing.
  
• noun creamy dressing containing crumbled blue cheese
  bleu cheese dressing.
  

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• noun a common stock of a nationally known company whose value and dividends are reliable; typically have high price and low yield
  blue chip.
  
  • blue chips are usually safe investments
• noun a blue poker chip with the highest value
  

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• (Zoöl.), the buffalo cod.

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• noun tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally
  squaw root; blueberry root; papooseroot; Caulophyllum thalictrioides; papoose root; squawroot; Caulophyllum thalictroides.
  

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• noun columbine of the Rocky Mountains having long-spurred blue flowers
  Aquilegia scopulorum calcarea; Aquilegia caerulea.
  

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• noun hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate
  blue stone; chalcanthite; blue copperas.
  

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• noun Atlantic crab; most common source of fresh crabmeat
  
• noun bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America
  Callinectes sapidus.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the common edible crab of the Atlantic coast of the United States (Callinectes hastatus).

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• noun any of several plants of the genus Trichostema having whorls of small blue flowers
  

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• (Bot.), a common plant (Trichostema dichotomum), resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also bastard pennyroyal.

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• noun hairy South African or Australian subshrub that has daisylike flowers with blue rays
  blue daisy; Felicia amelloides.
  

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• noun bluish-grey North American hawk having a darting flight
  Cooper's hawk; Accipiter cooperii.
  

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• noun a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States
  viper's bugloss; blue devil; Echium vulgare; blueweed.
  
• noun the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
  blue; blue angel; Amytal; blue devil; amobarbital sodium.
  

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• noun a state of depression
  vapours; blues; vapors; megrims.
  
  • he had a bad case of the blues
• noun a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States
  viper's bugloss; blue devil; Echium vulgare; blueweed.
  
• noun the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
  blue; blue angel; Amytal; blue devil; amobarbital sodium.
  

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• apparitions supposed to be seen by persons suffering with delirium tremens; hence, very low spirits. "Can Gumbo shut the hall door upon blue devils, or lay them all in a red sea of claret?" Thackeray.

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• noun shrub or small tree of western United States having white flowers and blue berries; fruit used in wines and jellies
  Sambucus caerulea; blue elder.
  

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• noun shrub or small tree of western United States having white flowers and blue berries; fruit used in wines and jellies
  Sambucus caerulea; blue elder.
  

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• noun wild indigo of the eastern United States having racemes of blue flowers
  Baptisia australis.
  

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• noun the fruit of the Brisbane quandong tree
  quandong.
  
• noun Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
  quandong; Elaeocarpus grandis; quandong tree; silver quandong tree; Brisbane quandong.
  

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• noun a common iris of the eastern United States having blue or blue-violet flowers; root formerly used medicinally
  Iris versicolor.
  

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• noun widespread weed with pale purple-blue flowers
  Erigeron acer.
  

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• noun a variety of Arctic fox having a pale grey winter coat
  

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• noun a state of nervous depression
  funk.
  
  • he was in a funk

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• . See under Gage, a plum.

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• noun North American wild goose having dark plumage in summer but white in winter
  Chen caerulescens.
  

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• noun a pasture grass of western North America
  Bouteloua gracilis.
  

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• noun any of various grasses of the genus Poa
  bluegrass.
  

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Blue" grass`

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1. (Bot.) A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green stems, valuable in thin gravelly soils; wire grass.

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• noun a blue-green color or pigment
  bluish green; teal.
  
  • they painted it a light shade of bluish green

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• noun tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil; young leaves are bluish
  fever tree; Eucalyptus globulus.
  

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• an Australian myrtaceous tree (Eucalyptus globulus), of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as a protection against malaria. The essential oil is beginning to be used in medicine. The timber is very useful. See Eucalyptus.

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• noun small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes
  cohoe; coho; Oncorhynchus kisutch; coho salmon; silver salmon.
  

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• blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.

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• a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval uniform.

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• noun climber of southern United States having bluish-purple flowers
  blue jasmine; curly clematis; Clematis crispa; marsh clematis.
  

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• . See under Jaundice.

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• noun common jay of eastern North America; bright blue with grey breast
  jaybird; Cyanocitta cristata.
  

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Blue" jay`

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1. (Zoöl.) The common jay of the United States (Cyanocitta, or Cyanura, cristata). The predominant color is bright blue.

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• noun (usually plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear
  jean; denim.
  

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• noun climber of southern United States having bluish-purple flowers
  blue jasmine; curly clematis; Clematis crispa; marsh clematis.
  

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• noun atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward
  reverse lightning; jet.
  

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• noun an indelicate joke
  dirty joke; dirty story; blue joke.
  

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• noun a statute regulating work on Sundays
  blue law.
  

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• noun a statute regulating work on Sundays
  blue law.
  

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• a name first used in the eighteenth century to describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor reported to have been enacted in New Haven; hence, any puritanical laws. U. S.

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• a composition which burns with a brilliant blue flame; used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at sea, and in military operations.

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• noun blue lotus of India and southeastern Asia
  Nymphaea stellata.
  
• noun blue Egyptian lotus: held sacred by the Egyptians
  Nymphaea caerulea.
  

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• noun erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks
  Hibiscus elatus; mahoe; majagua; mahagua; Cuban bast.
  

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• (Her.), one of the four pursuivants of the English college of arms; so called from the color of his official robes.

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• noun hairy South African or Australian subshrub that has daisylike flowers with blue rays
  blue daisy; Felicia amelloides.
  

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• noun largest marlin; may reach 2000 pounds; found worldwide in warm seas
  Makaira nigricans.
  

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• a preparation of mercury from which is formed the blue pill. McElrath.

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• noun mockingbird of Mexico
  Melanotis caerulescens.
  

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• or mould, the blue fungus (Aspergillus glaucus) which grows on cheese. Brande & C.

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• noun fungus causing a serious disease in tobacco plants characterized by bluish-grey mildew on undersides of leaves
  Peronospora tabacina.
  

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• a Monday following a Sunday of dissipation, or itself given to dissipation (as the Monday before Lent).

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• noun a long time
  
  • something that happens once in blue moon almost never happens

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• noun goldenrod of eastern America having aromatic leaves from which a medicinal tea is made
  sweet goldenrod; Solidago odora.
  

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• noun an extravagantly loud outcry
  
  • she screamed blue murder

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• noun a headstream of the Nile; joins the White Nile at Khartoum to form the Nile
  

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• noun a flattened third or seventh
  

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• (Med.), mercurial ointment.

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• noun famous orchid of northern India having large pale to deep lilac-blue flowers
  Vanda caerulea.
  

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• noun vine of tropical Asia having pinnate leaves and bright blue flowers with yellow centers
  Clitoria turnatea; butterfly pea.
  

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• noun peafowl of India and Ceylon
  Pavo cristatus.
  

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• noun a blue flag with a white square in the center indicates that the vessel is ready to sail
  

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• (British Marine), a blue flag with a white square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to recall boats, etc. It is a corruption of blue repeater, one of the British signal flags.

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• noun variety inhabiting the Great Lakes
  Strizostedion vitreum glaucum; blue pickerel; blue pike; blue pikeperch.
  

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• noun variety inhabiting the Great Lakes
  Strizostedion vitreum glaucum; blue pickerel; blue pike; blue pikeperch.
  

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• noun variety inhabiting the Great Lakes
  Strizostedion vitreum glaucum; blue pickerel; blue pike; blue pikeperch.
  

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• . (Med.) (a) A pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc. (b) Blue mass.

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• noun an American mint that yields a resinous exudate used especially formerly as an antispasmodic
  mad-dog weed; mad-dog skullcap; Scutellaria lateriflora; blue pimpernel.
  

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• noun oysters originally from Long Island Sound but now from anywhere along the northeastern seacoast; usually eaten raw
  bluepoint.
  
• noun small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island
  bluepoint.
  

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• noun Siamese cat having a bluish cream-colored body and dark grey points
  

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• noun common blue-grey shark of southwest Pacific; sport and food fish
  bonito shark; Isurus glaucus.
  

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• noun Chinese perennial having mauve-pink to bright sky blue flowers in drooping cymes
  Meconopsis betonicifolia.
  

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• noun bluish-green blacksnake found from Ohio to Texas
  Coluber constrictor flaviventris.
  

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• noun an honor or award gained for excellence
  cordon bleu.
  

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• . (a) The ribbon worn by members of the order of the Garter; hence, a member of that order. (b) Anything the attainment of which is an object of great ambition; a distinction; a prize. "These [scholarships] were the blue ribbon of the college." Farrar. (c) The distinctive badge of certain temperance or total abstinence organizations, as of the Blue ribbon Army.

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• noun an independent and exclusive commission of nonpartisan statesmen and experts formed to investigate some important governmental issue
  blue ribbon commission.
  

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• noun an independent and exclusive commission of nonpartisan statesmen and experts formed to investigate some important governmental issue
  blue ribbon commission.
  

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• noun a jury whose members are selected for special knowledge for a case involving complicated issues
  special jury.
  

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• noun a range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia
  Blue Ridge.
  

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• noun a range of the Appalachians extending from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia
  Blue Ridge.
  

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• utter ruin; also, gin. Eng. Slang Carlyle.

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• noun fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
  runner; Caranx crysos.
  

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• noun sage of western North America to Central America having violet-blue flowers; widespread in cultivation
  Salvia lancifolia; Salvia reflexa.
  
• noun Texas sage having intensely blue flowers
  Salvia farinacea; mealy sage.
  
• noun blue-flowered sage of dry prairies of the eastern United States
  Salvia azurea.
  
• noun aromatic shrub of arid regions of western North America having hoary leaves
  Seriphidium tridentatum; Artemisia tridentata; big sagebrush.
  

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• noun slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark; blue body shades to white belly; dangerous especially during maritime disasters
  blue shark; Prionace glauca.
  

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• noun an American mint that yields a resinous exudate used especially formerly as an antispasmodic
  mad-dog weed; mad-dog skullcap; Scutellaria lateriflora; blue pimpernel.
  

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• noun the sky as viewed during daylight
  blue; blue air; blue sky.
  
  • he shot an arrow into the blue

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• noun a state law regulating the sale of securities in an attempt to control the sale of securities in fraudulent enterprises
  

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• (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See Lazulite.

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• noun subshrubs of southeastern United States forming slow-growing clumps and having blue flowers in short terminal cymes
  Amsonia tabernaemontana.
  

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• noun tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States
  Andropogon furcatus; Andropogon gerardii; bluestem.
  

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• noun hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate
  blue stone; chalcanthite; blue copperas.
  

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• noun an indelicate joke
  dirty joke; dirty story; blue joke.
  

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• noun south European plant having dark-eyed flowers with flat blue rays
  Catananche caerulea; cupid's dart.
  

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• noun a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States
  viper's bugloss; blue devil; Echium vulgare; blueweed.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a European and Asiatic thrush (Petrocossyphus cyaneas).

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• noun widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head
  tomtit; Parus caeruleus.
  

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• noun North American plant having racemes of blue-violet flowers
  old-field toadflax; Linaria canadensis.
  

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• noun short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers; North America and Siberia
  wild crocus; Eastern pasque flower; Pulsatilla patens; American pasqueflower; prairie anemone; American pulsatilla; Anemone ludoviciana; lion's beard.
  

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• . See Verditer.

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• noun hydrated blue crystalline form of copper sulfate
  blue stone; chalcanthite; blue copperas.
  

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• (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico printing, etc.

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• noun the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers
  blue wall; wall of silence.
  
  • the blue wall cracked when some officers refused to take part in the cover-up

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• noun the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers
  blue wall; wall of silence.
  
  • the blue wall cracked when some officers refused to take part in the cover-up

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• noun variety inhabiting the Great Lakes
  Strizostedion vitreum glaucum; blue pickerel; blue pike; blue pikeperch.
  

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• the open ocean.

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• noun largest mammal ever known; bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere
  Balaenoptera musculus; sulfur bottom.
  

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• noun common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks
  western fence lizard; swift; Sceloporus occidentalis.
  

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• adjective satellite of black tinged with blue
  bluish black.
  

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• adjective satellite inability to see the color blue or to distinguish the colors blue and yellow
  tritanopic.
  

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• noun rare form of dichromacy characterized by a lowered sensitivity to blue light resulting in an inability to distinguish blue and yellow
  tritanopia.
  

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• adjective satellite belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
  blue; patrician; gentle; aristocratic; aristocratical.
  
  • an aristocratic family
  • aristocratic Bostonians
  • aristocratic government
  • a blue family
  • blue blood
  • the blue-blooded aristocracy
  • of gentle blood
  • patrician landholders of the American South
  • aristocratic bearing
  • aristocratic features
  • patrician tastes

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• adjective satellite extremely valuable
  
  • Rembrandt is considered a blue-chip artist

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• noun a common stock of a nationally known company whose value and dividends are reliable; typically have high price and low yield
  blue chip.
  
  • blue chips are usually safe investments

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• adjective of or designating manual industrial work or workers
  
• adjective satellite of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers
  propertyless; working-class; wage-earning.
  
  • party of the propertyless proletariat"- G.B.Shaw

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Blue"-eye` noun

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1. (Zoöl.) The blue-cheeked honeysucker of Australia.

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• adjective satellite favorite
  white-haired; fair-haired.
  
  • the fair-haired boy of the literary set
• adjective satellite having blue eyes
  

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Blue"-eyed` adjective

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1. Having blue eyes.

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• noun bushy perennial of South Africa with white or violet flowers; in its native region often clothes entire valley sides in a sheet of color
  Arctotis stoechadifolia; Arctotis venusta.
  

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• noun plant with grasslike foliage and delicate blue flowers
  

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Blue-eyed grass

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1. (Bot.) a grasslike plant (Sisyrinchium anceps), with small flowers of a delicate blue color.

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• noun eastern United States plant with whorls of blue-and-white flowers
  Collinsia verna.
  

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• adjective satellite having blue flowers
  

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• adjective satellite bearing blue fruit
  

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• adjective satellite of grey tinged with blue
  bluish-gray; blue-gray; bluish-grey.
  

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• adjective satellite of a bluish shade of green
  bluish green; teal; cyan.
  

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• noun predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton
  cyanobacteria.
  

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• adjective satellite of grey tinged with blue
  bluish-gray; blue-gray; bluish-grey.
  

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• noun common vireo of northeastern North America with bluish slaty-grey head
  Vireo solitarius solitarius.
  

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Blue"-john` noun

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1. A name given to fluor spar in Derbyshire, where it is used for ornamental purposes.

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• adjective satellite of lavender tinged with blue
  bluish-lilac.
  

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• verb cut or eliminate
  edit; delete.
  
  • she edited the juiciest scenes

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• adjective satellite of purple tinged with blue
  bluish-purple.
  

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• adjective satellite selected or chosen for special qualifications
  select.
  
  • the blue-ribbon event of the season

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• adjective satellite without immediate commercial value
  
  • the company cannot afford to do blue-sky research

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Blue"-veined` adjective

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1. Having blue veins or blue streaks.

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• adjective satellite of violet tinted with blue
  bluish-violet.
  

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• adjective satellite of white tinged with blue
  bluish-white; cool-white.
  

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• noun American teal
  bluewing; Anas discors.
  

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• adjective satellite of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky
  azure; bright blue; cerulean.
  
  • October's bright blue weather

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• noun a dye used as an acid-base indicator
  bromophenol blue; tetrabromo-phenolsulfonephthalein.
  

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• noun a dye used as an acid-base indicator
  bromothymol blue.
  

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• noun a dye used as an acid-base indicator
  bromophenol blue; tetrabromo-phenolsulfonephthalein.
  

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• noun a dye used as an acid-base indicator
  bromothymol blue.
  

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• noun light greenish-blue pigment consisting essentially of oxides of cobalt and tin
  

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• noun a shade of blue tinged with green
  turquoise; aqua; greenish blue; aquamarine; cobalt blue.
  
• noun greenish-blue pigment consisting essentially of cobalt oxide and alumina
  cobalt ultramarine.
  

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• a dark blue pigment consisting of some salt of cobalt, as the phosphate, ignited with alumina; called also cobalt ultramarine, and Thenard's blue.

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• noun tall spruce with blue-green needles and dense conic crown; older trees become columnar with lower branches sweeping downward
  Colorado spruce; Picea pungens; silver spruce.
  

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• blue thread of a superior dye, made at Coventry, England, and used for embroidery.

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• noun blue cheese of Denmark
  

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• noun a dark shade of blue
  navy; dark blue.
  

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• adjective satellite of a dark shade of blue
  

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• noun a dress uniform for formal occasions
  dress whites.
  

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• noun ultramarine pigment prepared artificially
  French blue; French ultramarine.
  

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• noun ultramarine pigment prepared artificially
  French blue; French ultramarine.
  

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• adjective satellite of blue tinged with grey
  gray-blue; grayish-blue; grey-blue.
  

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• adjective satellite of blue tinged with grey
  gray-blue; grayish-blue; grey-blue.
  

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• noun large American heron having bluish-grey plumage
  Ardea herodius.
  

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• noun slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark; blue body shades to white belly; dangerous especially during maritime disasters
  blue shark; Prionace glauca.
  

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• noun a shade of blue tinged with green
  turquoise; aqua; greenish blue; aquamarine; cobalt blue.
  

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• adjective satellite of blue tinged with grey
  gray-blue; grayish-blue; grey-blue.
  

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• adjective satellite of blue tinged with grey
  gray-blue; grayish-blue; grey-blue.
  

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• . (a) The essential coloring material of commercial indigo, from which it is obtained as a dark blue earthy powder, with a reddish luster, C16H10N2O2, which may be crystallized by sublimation. Indigo blue is also made from artificial amido cinnamic acid, and from artificial isatine; and these methods are of great commercial importance. Called also indigotin. (b) A dark, dull blue color like the indigo of commerce.

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• noun slightly purplish or bluish dark grey
  Davy's grey; steel grey; Davy's gray; steel gray.
  
• noun any of various blue pigments
  iron blue.
  

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• noun valuable meadow and pasture grass in Europe and especially central United States having tall stalks and slender bright green leaves; a chief constituent in lawn grass mixtures
  Poa pratensis; Kentucky blue; June grass; Kentucky bluegrass.
  

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• a species of grass (Poa pratensis) which has running rootstocks and spreads rapidly. It is valuable as a pasture grass, as it endures both winter and drought better than other kinds, and is very nutritious.

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• noun valuable meadow and pasture grass in Europe and especially central United States having tall stalks and slender bright green leaves; a chief constituent in lawn grass mixtures
  Poa pratensis; Kentucky blue; June grass; Kentucky bluegrass.
  

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• noun an Irish breed of medium-sized terriers with a silky blue-grey coat
  

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• adjective satellite of a light shade of blue
  light-blue.
  

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• adverb at top speed
  flat out.
  
  • he ran flat out to catch the bus
  • he was off down the road like blue murder

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• adjective satellite of blue tinged with lavender
  lilac-blue.
  

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• noun small bluish-grey heron of the western hemisphere
  Egretta caerulea.
  

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• noun small widely branching western plant with tiny blue-and-white flowers; British Columbia to Ontario and south to California and Colorado
  Collinsia parviflora.
  

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• adjective satellite of blue tinged with mauve
  

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• a deep blue color, named in honor of Cardinal Mazarin.

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• noun a dark green dye used as a stain, an antiseptic, a chemical indicator, and an antidote in cyanide poisoning
  methylthionine chloride.
  

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• (Chem.), an artificial dyestuff consisting of a complex sulphur derivative of diphenyl amine; called also pure blue.

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• the name usually given to azurite, when reduced to an impalpable powder for coloring purposes.

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• (Min.), blue carbonate of copper; azurite.

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• noun erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries
  Viccinium membranaceum; thin-leaved bilberry; bilberry.
  

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• (Chem.), brilliant dyestuffs produced from certain complex nitrogenous derivatives of naphthol or naphthoquinone.

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• noun a dark shade of blue
  navy; dark blue.
  

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• adjective satellite not anticipated
  unforeseen; unlooked-for; unanticipated.
  
  • unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development"- H.W.Glidden
  • unforeseen circumstances
  • a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy
  • like a bolt out of the blue
• adverb in a way that was not expected
  unexpectedly.
  
  • her brother showed up at the wedding out of the blue

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• adjective satellite of a light shade of blue
  light-blue.
  

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• noun a shade of blue tinged with green
  turquoise; aqua; greenish blue; aquamarine; cobalt blue.
  

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• adjective satellite of bright greenish blue
  

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• noun a pale blue color with grey in it
  
• adjective satellite of a moderate to pale blue or purplish blue
  powder blue.
  

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• adjective satellite of a moderate to pale blue or purplish blue
  powder blue.
  

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• noun any of various blue pigments
  iron blue.
  
• noun a dark greenish-blue color
  

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• (Chem.), any one of several complex double cyanides of ferrous and ferric iron; specifically, a dark blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, obtained by adding a solution of potassium ferrocyanide (yellow prussiate of potash) to a ferric salt. It is used in dyeing, in ink, etc. Called also Williamson's blue, insoluble Prussian blue, Berlin blue, etc.

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• . (Chem.) See Methylene blue, under Methylene.

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• adjective satellite of blue tinged with purple
  purple-blue.
  

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• noun a shade of blue tinged with purple
  purplish blue.
  

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• adjective satellite of blue tinged with purple
  purple-blue.
  

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• noun a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum
  violet.
  

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• noun a combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the United States by Black musicians; an important precursor of rock 'n' roll
  R and B.
  

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• noun a performer (and sometimes composer) of rhythm and blues music
  

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• noun a shade of blue tinged with purple
  purplish blue.
  

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San"ders-blue" noun

Definitions

1. See Saundersblue.

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Saun"ders-blue` noun

Etymology

Definitions

1. A kind of color prepared from calcined lapis lazuli; ultramarine; also, a blue prepared from carbonate of copper. Written also sanders-blue.

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• (Dyeing), a deep blue liquid used in dyeing, and obtained by dissolving indigo in concentrated sulphuric acid. Brande & C.

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Sè"vres blue` (Also<

• Sevres blue
• Sèvres blue

)

Definitions

1. A very light blue.

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• adjective satellite of something having a color that is a light shiny blue
  silver-blue.
  

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• adjective satellite of something having a color that is a light shiny blue
  silver-blue.
  

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• an azure color.

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• noun a light shade of blue
  azure; lazuline; sapphire; cerulean.
  
• adjective satellite of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky
  azure; bright blue; cerulean.
  
  • October's bright blue weather

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Sky"-blue adjective

Definitions

1. Having the blue color of the sky; azure; as, a sky-blue stone. Wordsworth.

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Smalt"-blue` adjective

Definitions

1. Deep blue, like smalt.

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• noun similar to blue flag; the eastern United States
  Iris virginica.
  

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• noun a greyish blue color
  

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• indigo in the form of small balls or lumps, used by washerwomen to blue linen, and the like.

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• to look disheartened or dejected.

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• genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed; not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising Presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the Covenanters.

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• adjective satellite marked by unswerving loyalty
  
  • a true-blue American
  • a reliable true-blue country club conservative

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True"-blue` adjective

Definitions

1. Of inflexible honesty and fidelity; -- a term derived from the true, or Coventry, blue, formerly celebrated for its unchanging color. See True blue, under Blue.

True"-blue` noun

Definitions

1. A person of inflexible integrity or fidelity.

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Turn"bull's blue`

Definitions

1. (Chem.) The double cyanide of ferrous and ferric iron, a dark blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, used in dyeing, calico printing, etc. Cf. Prussian blue, under Prussian.

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• noun blue pigment made of powdered lapis lazuli
  ultramarine.
  

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• a pale greenish blue color, like that of the pigment verditer.

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• adjective satellite of blue tinged with lavender
  lilac-blue.
  

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• noun the sky as viewed during daylight
  blue; blue air; blue sky.
  
  • he shot an arrow into the blue

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• noun an aromatic plant with wooly leaves found in southern California and Mexico
  California romero; Trichostema lanatum; black sage.
  

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• noun confusion of yellow and blue
  yellow-blue color blindness.
  

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• noun confusion of yellow and blue
  yellow-blue color blindness.
  

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