'Mineral blue' definitions:

Definition of 'Mineral blue'

From: GCIDE

Definition of 'Mineral blue'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]