OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 1925

azure

/ˈæʒə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
azul celeste
Sky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky.
When Britain first, at Heaven's command / Arose from out the azure main.
azur
In blazon, of the colour blue.
On the fesse are two bars wavy azure for waterways.
‘I forget your coat of arms.’ ‘A human foot d’or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel.’
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📚 noun • entry_id 1924

azure

/ˈæʒə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
azur • blao
A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
Berington of Chester (on the authority of Harleian manuscript No. 1535) is said to bear a plain shield of azure. Personally I doubt this coat of arms […]
In Bb [Glover's Roll], the conventional letter B is used to indicate azure in most items.
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