1.
[syn: iron blue, Prussian blue]
2. a dark greenish-blue color;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Prussian \Prus"sian\, a. [From Prussia, the country: cf. F.
prussien.]
Of or pertaining to Prussia. -- n. A native or inhabitant of
Prussia.
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Prussian blue (Chem.), any one of several complex double
cyanides of ferrous and ferric iron; specifically, a dark
blue amorphous substance having a coppery luster, obtained
by adding a solution of potassium ferrocyanide (yellow
prussiate of potash) to a ferric salt. It is used in
dyeing, in ink, etc. Called also Williamson's blue,
insoluble Prussian blue, Berlin blue, etc.
Prussian carp (Zool.) See Gibel.
Prussian green. (Chem.) Same as Berlin green, under
Berlin.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Blue \Blue\ (bl[=u]), 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.
Sometimes, poetically, the sky; as, to fly off into the
blue.
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2. A pedantic woman; a bluestocking. [Colloq.]
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3. pl. [Short for blue devils.] Low spirits; a fit of
despondency; melancholy. [Colloq.]
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Berlin blue, Prussian blue.
Mineral blue. See under Mineral.
Prussian blue. See under Prussian.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Prussian blue
n 1: any of various blue pigments [syn: iron blue, Prussian
blue]
2: a dark greenish-blue color