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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Blue

Blūe, n.

noun

n. [A-S. bleoh, blæw, blēo, blue, Dan. blaa, Sw. blå, Icel. blár, D. blauwe, O. H. Ger. blāo, plāo, N. H. Ger. blau, L. Lat. blæus, blætius, O. Sp. blavo, O. It. biavo, Pr. blau, blava, Fr. bleu.]

  1. The color of the clear sky, or a color resembling that in hue; one of the seven colors into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism.
  2. (pl.) [Contracted from blue devils.] Low spirits; melancholy. [Colloq.]

Blūe, a.

adjective

a. 1. Of the color called blue. “The blue firmament.” Milton.

  1. Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.
  2. Severe or over strict in morals; gloomy; extreme. “For his religion . . . ’twas Presbyterian true blue.” Hudibras.

Blūe, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. BLUED; p. pr. & vb. n. BLU-ING.] To make blue; to dye of a blue color; to make blue by heating, as metals, &c.