azure stone

azure stone
noun

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azure stone,
1. = lapis lazuli. (Cf.lapis lazuli)
2. = azurite. (Cf.azurite)

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  • Azure stone — Azure Az ure (?; 277), a. [F. & OSp. azur, Sp. azul, through Ar. from Per. l[=a]jaward, or l[=a]juward, lapis lazuli, a blue color, l[=a]jaward[=i], l[=a]juward[=i], azure, cerulean, the initial l having been dropped, perhaps by the influence of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • azure stone — lapis lazuli, type of sky blue gemstone …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Azure — Az ure (?; 277), a. [F. & OSp. azur, Sp. azul, through Ar. from Per. l[=a]jaward, or l[=a]juward, lapis lazuli, a blue color, l[=a]jaward[=i], l[=a]juward[=i], azure, cerulean, the initial l having been dropped, perhaps by the influence of the Ar …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • azure — early 14c., from O.Fr. azur, asur, a color name, from a false separation of Arabic (al) lazaward lapis lazuli, as though the l were the French article l . The Arabic name is from Pers. lajward, from Lajward, a place in Turkestan, mentioned by… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Azure Bonds — Infobox Book | name = Azure Bonds title orig = translator = image caption = paperback edition (reprint) cover author = Kate Novak Jeff Grubb illustrator = cover artist = Clyde Caldwell country = U.S.A. language = English series = Finders Stone… …   Wikipedia

  • Azure — This article is about the heraldic tincture. For other meanings, see azure (disambiguation) . In heraldry, azure is the tincture with the colour blue, and belongs to the class of tinctures called colours . In engraving, it is sometimes depicted… …   Wikipedia

  • azure cerulean sky-blue bright blue — colorful colorful adj. 1. having striking color. Opposite of {colorless}. Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot}; {deep, rich}; {flaming}; {fluorescent, glowing}; {prismatic}; {psychedelic}; {red, ruddy, flushed,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stone Pine — Taxobox name = Italian Stone Pine status = LR/lc | status system = IUCN2.3 image width = 240px image caption = Stone Pine forest Costa de la Luz, Spain regnum = Plantae divisio = Pinophyta classis = Pinopsida ordo = Pinales familia = Pinaceae… …   Wikipedia

  • azure — [14] Azure is of Persian origin. It comes ultimately from Persian lāzhuward, source also of the lazuli in lapis lazuli, a blue semiprecious stone (and azure originally meant ‘lapis lazuli’ in English). The Arabs borrowed the Persian term as (with …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • azure — [14] Azure is of Persian origin. It comes ultimately from Persian lāzhuward, source also of the lazuli in lapis lazuli, a blue semiprecious stone (and azure originally meant ‘lapis lazuli’ in English). The Arabs borrowed the Persian term as (with …   Word origins

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