Dictionary entry

Azure (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Az″ure, n. 1. The lapis lazuli.

2. The clear blue color of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this color. “In robes of azure.” Wordsworth.

3. The blue vault above; the unclouded sky.

Not like those steps

On heaven's azure.

Milton.

4. (Her.) A blue color, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.