Azure

(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.

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

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

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