Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A crystalline base. C35H32N4O3, formed by heating a mixture of orthotoluene diamine and salicylic aldehyde. It melts at 251° C.
- Azure.
- noun An English book-name of a fish which is a variety of the rudd; the blue roach.
- noun A bird of the genus Malurus (which see).
- noun A bluish-black shade produced in printing with aniline black, formed by treating the fabric with ammonia after the black is completely developed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Azure.
- noun (Zoöl.) The blue roach of Europe (
Leuciscus cæruleus ); -- so called from its color.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Sky-blue ;azure . - noun The blue
roach of Europe (Leuciscus caeruleus), so called from its color.
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Examples
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Also, some of their women tint their faces proportionally, as chin, cheeks, and forehead and the wrists of their hands, whereupon they lay a colour which continueth dark azurine.
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Beyond rose the apartment houses where the middle and lower classes lived, those of the poorer characterized by few windows and cracking plaster, and those of the better-off by the wonderful multistoried murals painted by the gypsy artists, and by the brilliant azurine tiles which kept the houses warm in winter and cool in summer.
The Tar-Aiym Krang Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983
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Beyond rose the apartment houses where the middle and lower classes lived, those of the poorer characterized by few windows and cracking plaster, and those of the better-off by the wonderful multistoried murals painted by the gypsy artists, and by the brilliant azurine tiles which kept the houses warm in winter and cool in summer.
The Tar-Aiym Krang Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1983
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Beyond rose the apartment houses where the middle and lower classes lived, those of the poorer characterized by few windows and cracking plaster, and those of the better-off by the wonderful multistoried murals painted by the gypsy artists, and by the brilliant azurine tiles which kept the houses warm in winter and cool in summer.
Tar Aiym Krang Foster, Alan Dean 1972
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Benzo azurine 3 R, Diamine blue R W, Dianil dark blue R, the green which is got is darker and duller in tone.
The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student Franklin Beech
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_ -- Dye with 2 lb. Benzo azurine G, 3 oz. Brilliant azurine B, 1 lb. soda and 20 lb.
The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student Franklin Beech
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_ -- Make up a dye-bath with 2 lb. Benzo azurine G, 20 lb. Glauber's salt.
The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student Franklin Beech
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_ -- Dye with 3 lb. Brilliant azurine 5 G, 5 lb. common salt, 5 lb. phosphate of soda and 2 lb. soap at the boil for one hour.
The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student Franklin Beech
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_ -- Prepare the dye-bath with 2 lb. soap, 5 lb. soda, 3 lb. Rose azurine G. Work at the boil for one hour.
The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student Franklin Beech
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_ -- Use in the dye-bath 2 oz. Rose azurine G, 1 lb. soda and
The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student Franklin Beech
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