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

mineral \min"eral\, a.
   1. of or pertaining to minerals; consisting of a mineral or
      of minerals; as, a mineral substance.
      1913 webster

   2. impregnated with minerals; as, mineral waters.
      1913 webster

   mineral acids chem., inorganic acids, as sulphuric,
      nitric, phosphoric, hydrochloric, acids, etc., as
      distinguished from the organic acids.

   mineral blue, the name usually given to azurite, when
      reduced to an impalpable powder for coloring purposes.

   mineral candle, a candle made of paraffin.

   mineral caoutchouc, an elastic mineral pitch, a variety of
      bitumen, resembling caoutchouc in elasticity and softness.
      see caoutchouc, and elaterite.

   mineral chameleon chem. see chameleon mineral, under
      chameleon.

   mineral charcoal. see under charcoal.

   mineral cotton. see mineral wool below.

   mineral green, a green carbonate of copper; malachite.

   mineral kingdom nat. sci., that one of the three grand
      divisions of nature which embraces all inorganic objects,
      as distinguished from plants or animals.

   mineral oil. see naphtha, and petroleum.

   mineral paint, a pigment made chiefly of some natural
      mineral substance, as red or yellow iron ocher.

   mineral patch. see bitumen, and asphalt.

   mineral right, the right of taking minerals from land.

   mineral salt chem., a salt of a mineral acid.

   mineral tallow, a familiar name for hatchettite, from its
      fatty or spermaceti-like appearance.

   mineral water. see under water.

   mineral wax. see ozocerite.

   mineral wool, a fibrous wool-like material, made by blowing
      a powerful jet of air or steam through melted slag. it is
      a poor conductor of heat.
      1913 webster
see also:
mineral acids organic acids mineral blue mineral candle mineral caoutchouc caoutchouc 
elaterite mineral chameleon chameleon mineral chameleon mineral charcoal 
charcoal mineral cotton mineral wool mineral green mineral kingdom 
mineral oil naphtha petroleum mineral paint mineral patch 
bitumen asphalt mineral right mineral salt mineral tallow 
hatchettite mineral water water mineral wax ozocerite 

[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 

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