Blue
Definition of Blue
Pronunciation: blū a. | 1. | Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it, whether lighter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets. | | 2. | Pale, without redness or glare, - said of a flame; hence, of the color of burning brimstone, betokening the presence of ghosts or devils; as, the candle burns blue; the air was blue with oaths. | | 3. | Low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue. | | 4. | Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as, thongs looked blue. | | 5. | Severe or over strict in morals; gloom; as, blue and sour religionists; suiting one who is over strict in morals; inculcating an impracticable, severe, or gloomy mortality; as, blue laws. | | 6. | Literary; - applied to women; - an abbreviation of bluestocking.Blue blood | See under Blood. |
Blue gage | See under Gage, a plum. - Thackeray. |
| n. | 1. | One of the seven colors into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism; the color of the clear sky, or a color resembling that, whether lighter or darker; a pigment having such color. | | 2. | A pedantic woman; a bluestocking. | | 3. | Low spirits; a fit of despondency; melancholy. | v. t. | 1. | To make blue; to dye of a blue color; to make blue by heating, as metals, etc. |
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