azure (z as zh)

t. [From the adjective or substantive. In Sp. & Port. azular.] Το colour azure, ǎz'-űred (z as zh), pa. par. & a. [AZURE.] A. As past participle: Coloured azure; made to a ume an azure colour. B. As adjective : Of an azure colour. "Thou shalt not lack The flower that's like thy face, pale primrose; nor The azured hare-bell, like thy veins no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten'd not thy breath Shakesp.: Cymbeline, Iv. 2 ǎz-ur-ine (z as zh), a. & s. [Eng. azur ; -ine. In Ital. azzurino .] †A. As adjective: Of an azure colour. whereupon they lay a colour which continueth dark azurine."-Hackluyt: Voyages, vol. iii, p. 37. B. As substantive : A fresh-water fish, called also the Blue Roach, the Leuciscus coruleus of Yarrell. It belongs to the Cyprinidæ, or Carp family. It is found in Lancashire and in some of the Swi lakes.