AZURE


Meaning of AZURE in English

/azh"euhr/ , adj.

1. of or having a light, purplish shade of blue, like that of a clear and unclouded sky.

2. Heraldry. of the tincture or color blue.

n.

3. the blue of a clear or unclouded sky.

4. a light, purplish blue.

5. Heraldry. the tincture or color blue.

6. the clear, cloudless sky.

[ 1275-1325; ME asure al lazuwar ( d ) (by misdividing the initial l together with the article)

lazhuward LAPIS LAZULI ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .