/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 ]