Azure | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Ăz'ure, a.

adjective

(ăzh'ur or ā'zhur) (Synop., § 130), a. [Fr., Pr., & O. Sp. azur, It. azzurro, azzuolo, Sp. & Pg. azul, contr. from Per. lâjaward, or lâjuward, lapis lazuli, a blue color, lâjawardî, lâjuwardî, azure, cerulean, the initial l having been dropped, perhaps by the influence of the Ar. azr-aq, azure, blue. Cf. Ger. lasur, lasurstein, azure-color, azure-stone, and N. Lat. lapis lazuli.] Of a sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the sky; cerulean.

A blank, horizontally hatched shield-shaped panel with a pointed lower edge.

Az'ure, n.

noun

(ăzh'ur or ā'zhur), n. 1. The fine blue color of the sky. “In robes of azure.” Wordsworth.

Sense 2. The blue vault above. “Not like those steps on heaven’s azure.” Milton.

Sense 3. (Her.) A blue color in coats, represented in engraving by horizontal lines. Burke.

Az'ure, v. t.

verbtransitive

(ăzh'ur or ā'zhur), v. t. To color blue.