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Definition of Blue-black
1. Adjective. Of black tinged with blue.
Definition of Blue-black
1. Noun. A very dark blue. ¹
2. Noun. Black with bluish highlights. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blue-black
Literary usage of Blue-black
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"Naphthylamine Black 4 В (С.) ; Naphthalene Black D (H.) ¡н a mixture of Naphthol
blue- black and the preceding colouring matter. Naphthyl Blue Black N (('. ..."
2. W. B. Yeats: Manuscripts of W.B. Yeats by David R. Clark, William Butler Yeats (1989)
"12 In left margin "if he fear for" is in blue-black ink over pencil; ... 3 Revision
is in blue-black ink. 4-6 The revisions demonstrate that the black ink ..."
3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"Naphthylamine Black 4 В (С.) is a mixture of Naphthol blue black and the preceding
colouring matter. Naphthyl Blue Black N (C.). ..."
4. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1922)
"Abdomen blue; black as follows: basal spot on segment 1, outer spot on 2, outer
two-thirds of 3, all of 4 to 6 (except narrow interrupted basal rings), ..."
5. Transactions of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1868)
"Antenna) black, almost as long as thorax; head shining blue- black ; the back of
thorax yellow-red, bordered with blue ; wing-scales and legs deep blue; ..."
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