[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

blue \blue\ bl=u, a. compar. bluer bl=u"~er;
   superl. bluest. oe. bla, blo, blew, blue, livid, black,
   fr. icel.bl=ar livid; akin to dan. blaa blue, sw. bla,
   d. blauw, ohg. bl=ao, g. blau; but influenced in form by f.
   bleu, from ohg. bl=ao.
   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. "the blue firmament."
      --milton.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   3. low in spirits; melancholy; as, to feel blue.
      1913 webster

   4. suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as,
      thongs looked blue. colloq.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   6. literary; -- applied to women; -- an abbreviation of
      bluestocking. colloq.
      1913 webster

            the ladies were very blue and well informed.
                                                  --thackeray.
      1913 webster

   blue asbestus. see crocidolite.

   blue black, of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost
      black.

   blue blood. see under blood.

   blue buck zool., a small south african antelope
      cephalophus pygmaeus; also applied to a larger
      species aegoceras leucophaeus; the blaubok.

   blue cod zool., the buffalo cod.

   blue crab zool., the common edible crab of the atlantic
      coast of the united states callinectes hastatus.

   blue curls bot., a common plant trichostema
      dichotomum, resembling pennyroyal, and hence called also
      bastard pennyroyal.

   blue devils, apparitions supposed to be seen by persons
      suffering with delirium tremens; hence, very low
      spirits. "can gumbo shut the hall door upon blue devils,
      or lay them all in a red sea of claret?" --thackeray.

   blue gage. see under gage, a plum.

   blue gum, an australian myrtaceous tree eucalyptus
      globulus, of the loftiest proportions, now cultivated in
      tropical and warm temperate regions for its timber, and as
      a protection against malaria. the essential oil is
      beginning to be used in medicine. the timber is very
      useful. see eucalyptus.

   blue jack, blue stone, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.
      

   blue jacket, a man-of war's man; a sailor wearing a naval
      uniform.

   blue jaundice. see under jaundice.

   blue laws, a name first used in the eighteenth century to
      describe certain supposititious laws of extreme rigor
      reported to have been enacted in new haven; hence, any
      puritanical laws. u. s.

   blue light, a composition which burns with a brilliant blue
      flame; -- used in pyrotechnics and as a night signal at
      sea, and in military operations.

   blue mantle her., one of the four pursuivants of the
      english college of arms; -- so called from the color of
      his official robes.

   blue mass, a preparation of mercury from which is formed
      the blue pill. --mcelrath.

   blue mold or blue mould, the blue fungus aspergillus
      glaucus which grows on cheese. --brande  c.

   blue monday,
      a a monday following a sunday of dissipation, or itself
          given to dissipation as the monday before lent.
      b a monday considered as depressing because it is a
          workday in contrast to the relaxation of the weekend.
          

   blue ointment med., mercurial ointment.

   blue peter british marine, a blue flag with a white
      square in the center, used as a signal for sailing, to
      recall boats, etc. it is a corruption of blue repeater,
      one of the british signal flags.

   blue pill. med.
      a a pill of prepared mercury, used as an aperient, etc.
      b blue mass.

   blue ribbon.
      a the ribbon worn by members of the order of the garter;
          -- hence, a member of that order.
      b anything the attainment of which is an object of great
          ambition; a distinction; a prize. "these
          scholarships were the --blue ribbon of the college."
          --farrar.
      c the distinctive badge of certain temperance or total
          abstinence organizations, as of the --blue ribbon
          army.

   blue ruin, utter ruin; also, gin. eng. slang --carlyle.

   blue spar min., azure spar; lazulite. see lazulite.

   blue thrush zool., a european and asiatic thrush
      petrocossyphus cyaneas.

   blue verditer. see verditer.

   blue vitriol chem., sulphate of copper, a violet blue
      crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico
      printing, etc.

   blue water, the open ocean.

   big blue, the international business machines corporation.
      wall street slang. pjc

   to look blue, to look disheartened or dejected.

   true blue, genuine and thorough; not modified, nor mixed;
      not spurious; specifically, of uncompromising
      presbyterianism, blue being the color adopted by the
      covenanters.
      1913 webster

            for his religion . . .
            't was presbyterian, true blue.       --hudibras.
      1913 webster
see also:
bluer bluest bluestocking blue asbestus crocidolite blue black 
blue blood blood blue buck cephalophus pygmaeus aegoceras leucophaeus 
blue cod blue crab callinectes hastatus blue curls trichostema dichotomum 
bastard pennyroyal blue devils delirium tremens blue gage gage 
blue gum eucalyptus globulus eucalyptus blue jack blue stone 
blue jacket blue jaundice jaundice blue laws blue light 
blue mantle blue mass blue mold blue mould aspergillus glaucus 
blue monday blue ointment blue peter blue pill blue ribbon 
blue ruin blue spar lazulite blue thrush petrocossyphus cyaneas 
blue verditer verditer blue vitriol blue water big blue 
to look blue true blue 

[2] : 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.
      1913 webster

   2. a pedantic woman; a bluestocking. colloq.
      1913 webster

   3. pl. short for blue devils. low spirits; a fit of
      despondency; melancholy. colloq.
      1913 webster

   berlin blue, prussian blue.

   mineral blue. see under mineral.

   prussian blue. see under prussian.
      1913 webster
see also:
berlin blue mineral blue mineral prussian blue prussian 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

blue \blue\, v. t. imp.  p. p. blued; p. pr.  vb. n.
   bluing.
   to make blue; to dye of a blue color; to make blue by
   heating, as metals, etc.
   1913 webster
see also:
blued bluing 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cod \cod\, n. cf. g. gadde, and in heligoland gadden, l.
   gadus merlangus. zool.
   an important edible fish gadus morrhua, taken in immense
   numbers on the northern coasts of europe and america. it is
   especially abundant and large on the grand bank of
   newfoundland. it is salted and dried in large quantities.
   1913 webster

   note: there are several varieties; as shore cod, from
         shallow water; bank cod, from the distant banks; and
         rock cod, which is found among ledges, and is often
         dark brown or mottled with red. the tomcod is a
         distinct species of small size. the bastard, blue,
         buffalo, or cultus cod of the pacific coast belongs
         to a distinct family. see buffalo cod, under
         buffalo.
         1913 webster

   cod fishery, the business of fishing for cod.

   cod line, an eighteen-thread line used in catching codfish.
      --mcelrath.
      1913 webster
see also:
gadus morrhua shore cod bank cod rock cod tomcod bastard 
blue buffalo cultus cod buffalo cod buffalo 
cod fishery cod line 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

blue
     adj 1: having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky;
            "october's bright blue weather"- helen hunt jackson;
            "a blue flame"; "blue haze of tobacco smoke" syn: bluish,
             blueish, light-blue, dark-blue, blue-black
     2: used to signify the union forces in the civil war who wore
        blue uniforms; "a ragged blue line"
     3: low in spirits; "lonely and blue in a strange city";
        "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and
        resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his
        defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted" syn: depressed,
         dispirited, downp, downcast, downhearted, down
        in the mouth, low, low-spirited
     4: characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and
        blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words" syn: blasphemous,
         profane
     5: suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue
        jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy
        details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty
        words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip"
        syn: gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque,
         spicy
     6: belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or
        aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic
        bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family";
        "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle
        blood"; "patrician landholders of the american south";
        "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features";
        "patrician tastes" syn: aristocratic, aristocratical,
         blue-blooded, gentle, patrician
     7: morally rigorous and strict; "blue laws"; "the puritan work
        ethic"; "puritanic distaste for alcohol"; "she was
        anything but puritanical in her behavior" syn: bluea,
         puritan, puritanic, puritanical
     8: causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war";
        "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate
        winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of
        november"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" syn:
         dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting,
         gloomy, grim
     n 1: the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of
          bright blue" syn: blueness
     2: blue clothing; "she was wearing blue"
     3: any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue;
        "the union army was a vast blue"
     4: the sky as viewed during daylight; "he shot an arrow into
        the blue" syn: blue sky, blue air, wild blue yonder
     5: used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
        syn: bluing, blueing
     6: the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a
        barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic syn: amobarbital
        sodium, blue angel, blue devil, amytal
     7: any of numerous small chiefly blue butterflies of the family
        lycaenidae
     v : turn blue
     also: bluest, bluer
see also:
bluish blueish light-blue dark-blue blue-black depressed 
dispirited downp downcast downhearted down in the mouth 
low low-spirited blasphemous profane gamy 
gamey juicy naughty racy risque 
spicy aristocratic aristocratical blue-blooded gentle 
patrician bluea puritan puritanic puritanical 
dark depressing disconsolate dismal dispiriting 
gloomy grim blueness blue sky blue air 
wild blue yonder bluing blueing amobarbital sodium blue angel 
blue devil amytal bluest bluer 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

332 moby thesaurus words for "blue":
   alice blue, amytal, amytal pill, brunswick blue, caelus,
   capri blue, chinese blue, copenhagen blue, demerol, dolophine,
   dresden blue, fescennine, french blue, gobelin blue, h, luminal,
   luminal pill, m, mickey finn, nembutal, nembutal pill,
   persian blue, pompeian blue, prussian blue, rabelaisian, saxe blue,
   seconal, seconal pill, tuinal, tuinal pill, wedgwood blue, x,
   absolute, air, alcohol, amobarbital sodium, analgesic,
   aniline blue, anodyne, aquamarine, atrabiliar, atrabilious,
   azo blue, azulene, azure, azure-blue, azure-colored, azurean,
   azured, azureness, azureous, azurite blue, baby blue, bad, barb,
   barbiturate, barbiturate pill, bawdy, benzoazurine, beryl,
   beryl-blue, berylline, bice, black, black stuff, bleu celeste,
   blue angel, blue devil, blue heaven, blue sky, blue turquoise,
   blue velvet, blueness, blueprint, bluish, bluishness, brine, briny,
   broad, cadaverous, cadet blue, caelum, calamine blue, calmative,
   canopy, canopy of heaven, cerulean, ceruleous, cerulescent,
   chloral hydrate, ciba blue, coarse, cobalt, codeine,
   codeine cough syrup, cold-type proof, color proof, complete,
   computer proof, cope, cornflower, corpselike, crestfallen, cyan,
   cyanean, cyanine blue, cyanosis, dark-blue, deadly, deathlike,
   deathly, deathly pale, deep, deep-blue, dejected, delft blue,
   depressant, depressed, depressor, despondent, dirty, disconsolate,
   dismal, dispirited, dolly, down, downcast, downer, downhearted,
   downright, drink, eerie, empyrean, erotic, ether, filthy,
   firmament, foul, foul-mouthed, foul-spoken, foul-tongued,
   foundry proof, fulsome, funky, galley, galley proof, garter blue,
   ghastly, ghostlike, ghostly, glaucous blue, gloomy, glum, goofball,
   grisly, gruesome, haggard, hard stuff, heaven, heavens, heroin,
   hop, horse, hyacinth, hyaline, hypnotic, improper, impure,
   indecent, indelicate, indigo, indigo white, infernal, isamine blue,
   ithyphallic, jouvence blue, junk, knockout drops,
   lapis lazuli blue, laudanum, lavender blue, lewd, lift, lifts,
   light-blue, lightish-blue, liquor, livid, lividity, lividness,
   lotus, low, low-spirited, lurid, macabre, madder blue, main,
   marine blue, melancholic, melancholy, meperidine, methadone,
   methylene azure, methylene blue, morose, morphia, morphine,
   mortuary, narcotic, nasty, navy, navy blue, new blue, obscene,
   off color, off-color, offensive, old blue, opiate, opium,
   out-and-out, pacifier, page proof, pain killer, pale, paregoric,
   pavonian, pavonine, peacock blue, peacock-blue, pen yan, pensive,
   perfect, phenobarbital, phenobarbital sodium, plate proof,
   pompadour green, pornographic, positive, powder blue, press proof,
   progressive proof, proof, proof sheet, pull, purple, purple heart,
   quietener, racy, rainbow, raunchy, red, regular, repro proof,
   revise, ribald, risque, sad, salacious, salty, sapphire,
   sapphirine, scag, scurrile, scurrilous, sea, sea blue,
   secobarbital sodium, sedative, sexy, shady, shit, sky, sky blue,
   sky-blue, sky-colored, sky-dyed, sleep-inducer, sleeper,
   sleeping draught, sleeping pill, slip, smack, smalt, smoke blue,
   smoking-room, smutty, sodium thiopental, somnifacient, soother,
   soothing syrup, soporific, spicy, starry heaven, steel blue,
   stone proof, suggestive, sultry, tar, the blue, the blue serene,
   titillating, tranquilizer, trial impression, tristful, trypan blue,
   turps, turquoise, ultramarine, uncanny, unchaste, unclean,
   unearthly, unhappy, unprintable, unrepeatable, vandyke, vault,
   vault of heaven, vile, vulgar, wan, weird, welkin, white stuff,
   wicked, wistful, woad, woebegone, yellow, yellow jacket, zaffer

[7] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

blue
     
        a language proposed by softech to meet the dod ironman
        requirements which led to ada.  "on the blue language
        submitted to the dod", e.w. dijkstra, sigplan notices
        1310:10-15 oct 1978.
     
     
see also:
dod ironman ada 

[8] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

blue
   generally associated with purple ex. 25:4; 26:1, 31, 36, etc..
   it is supposed to have been obtained from a shellfish of the
   mediterranean, the helix ianthina of linnaeus. the robe of the
   high priest's ephod was to be all of this colour ex. 28:31,
   also the loops of the curtains 26:4 and the ribbon of the
   breastplate 28:28. blue cloths were also made for various
   sacred purposes num. 4:6, 7, 9, 11, 12. see colour.
   
see also:
colour 

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

blue, az
  zip codes: 85922

Blue >> B Words
Blue, definition of term: Blue
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Blue Marlin >> B Words
Blue Marlin, definition of term: Blue Marlin
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Blue Moon >> B Words
Blue Moon, definition of term: Blue Moon
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Blue Laws >> B Words
Blue Laws, definition of term: Blue Laws
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Blue Jay >> B Words
Blue Jay, definition of term: Blue Jay
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Blue Jacket >> B Words
Blue Jacket, definition of term: Blue Jacket
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Blue Note >> B Words
Blue Note, definition of term: Blue Note
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Blue Law >> B Words
Blue Law, definition of term: Blue Law
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Blue Pike >> B Words
Blue Pike, definition of term: Blue Pike
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Blue Sky >> B Words
Blue Sky, definition of term: Blue Sky
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