Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 117

Azure (n.) [U] 天藍色,蔚籃色;【文】碧空 The clear blue color of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this color. "In robes of azure." -- Wordsworth.

Azure (n.) The blue vault above; the unclouded sky.

Not like those steps On heaven's azure. -- Milton.

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

Azure (v. t.) To color blue.

Azure (a.) Of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky; "October's bright blue weather" [syn: {azure}, {cerulean}, {sky-blue}, {bright blue}].

Azure (n.) A light shade of blue [syn: {azure}, {cerulean}, {sapphire}, {lazuline}, {sky-blue}].

Azure (v.) Color azure; "Morning azured the village".

Azure, MT -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Montana

Population (2000): 253

Housing Units (2000): 59

Land area (2000): 4.462862 sq. miles (11.558759 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 4.462862 sq. miles (11.558759 sq. km)

FIPS code: 03212

Located within: Montana (MT), FIPS 30

Location: 48.311831 N, 109.811213 W

ZIP Codes (1990):   

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Azure, MT

Azure

Azured (a.) Of an azure color; sky-blue. "The azured harebell." -- Shak.

Azureous (a.) (Zool.) Of a fine blue color; azure.

Compare: Rudd

Rudd (n.) (Zool.) 象石斑魚的淡水魚 A fresh-water European fish of the Carp family ({Leuciscus erythrophthalmus}). It is about the size and shape of the roach, but it has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter body, and red irises. Called also {redeye}, {roud}, {finscale}, and {shallow}. A blue variety is called {azurine}, or {blue roach}.

Rudd (n.) European freshwater fish resembling the roach [syn: rudd, Scardinius erythrophthalmus].

Rudd, IA -- U.S. city in Iowa

Population (2000): 431

Housing Units (2000): 188

Land area (2000): 0.996758 sq. miles (2.581592 sq. km)

Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)

Total area (2000): 0.996758 sq. miles (2.581592 sq. km)

FIPS code: 69195

Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19

Location: 43.128528 N, 92.903713 W

ZIP Codes (1990): 50471

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Headwords:

Rudd, IA

Rudd

Rudd (n.), (Scardinius erythrophthalmus), Stout-bodied freshwater sport  fish  of the  carp  family, Cyprinidae, similar to the related  roach, but more golden, with yellow-orange eyes, deep red fins, and a sharp-edged belly. The rudd is widely distributed in Europe and  Asia Minor and has been introduced into the United States, where it is called American, or pearl, roach. It is a schooling fish that frequents thickly planted, reedy lakes and slow rivers and eats plants, small animals, and insects. Maximum length and weight are about 3540 centimetres (1416 inches) and 12 kilograms (2 1/2 pounds).

Compare: Rudd

Rudd (n.) (Zool.) A fresh-water European fish of the Carp family ({Leuciscus erythrophthalmus). It is about the size and shape of the roach, but it has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter body, and red irises. Called also redeye, roud, finscale, and shallow. A blue variety is called azurine, or blue roach.

Azurine (a.) 天空色的,淡青的;藍黑色染料 Azure.

Azurine (n.) (Zool.) The blue roach of Europe ({Leuciscus caeruleus}); -- so called from its color.

Azurite (n.) (Min.) 【礦】藍銅礦 Blue carbonate of copper; blue malachite.

Azurite (n.) Blue carbonate of copper; blue malachite.

Azurn (a.) Azure. [Obs.]

Thick set with agate, and the azurn sheen Of turkis blue, and emerald green. -- Milton.

Azygous (a.) 【生】不成對的 Odd; having no fellow; not one of a pair; single; as, the azygous muscle of the uvula.

Azygous (a.) Occurring singly; not one of a pair; "the azygous muscle of the uvula" [syn: {azygous}, {azygos}].

Azym (n.) Alt. of Azyme.

Azyme (n.) 無酵母麵包 Unleavened bread.

Azymic (a.) 不發酵的;不能發酵的;未發酵好的 Azymous.

Azymite (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) One who administered the Eucharist with unleavened bread; -- a name of reproach given by those of the Greek church to the Latins.

Azymite (n.) (I n British) (Christian Church) Someone who uses  unleavened  bread to  celebrate the  Eucharist.

Azymite (n.)  (From Gk.  azymes,  unleavened bread) Is a term of reproach used by the  Orthodox churches  since the eleventh century against the  Latin Churches, who, together with the  Armenians  and the  Maronites, celebrate the  Eucharist  with  unleavened bread. Some Latin controversialists have responded by assailing the Greeks as "Fermentarians" and "Prozymites".

Azymous (a.) 未發酵的 Unleavened; unfermented. "Azymous bread." -- Dunglison.

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