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Az"ure, n. 1. The lapis lazuli. [Obs.]

2. The clear blue color of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this color. "In robes of azure." Wordsworth.

3. The blue vault above; the unclouded sky.

Not like those steps On heaven's azure. Milton.

4. (Her.) A blue color, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.

Az"ure, v. t. To color blue.

Az"ured (&?;), a. Of an azure color; sky-blue. "The azured harebell." Shak.

A*zu"re*ous (&?;), a. (Zoöl.) Of a fine blue color; azure.

Az"u*rine (&?;), a. [Cf. Azurn.] Azure.

Az"u*rine, n. (Zoöl.) The blue roach of Europe (Leuciscus cæruleus); -- so called from its color.

Az"u*rite (&?;), n. (Min.) Blue carbonate of copper; blue malachite.

Az"urn (&?;), a. [Cf. OF. azurin, asurin, LL. azurinus. See Azure, a.] Azure. [Obs.]

Thick set with agate, and the azurn sheen Of turkis blue, and emerald green. Milton.

Az"y*gous (&?;), a. [Gr. &?;; 'a priv. + &?; yoke.] Odd; having no fellow; not one of a pair; single; as, the azygous muscle of the uvula.

{ Az"ym, Az"yme } (&?;), n. [F. azyme unleavened, L. azymus, fr. Gr. &?;; 'a priv. + &?; leaven.] Unleavened bread.

A*zym"ic (&?;), a. Azymous.

Az"y*mite (&?;), n. [Cf. F. azymite.] (Eccl. Hist.) One who administered the Eucharist with unleavened bread; -- a name of reproach given by those of the Greek church to the Latins.

Az"y*mous (&?;), a. [See Azym.] Unleavened; unfermented. "Azymous bread." Dunglison.

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B (b) is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 196, 220.) It is etymologically related to p, v, f, w, and m, letters representing sounds having a close organic affinity to its own sound; as in Eng. bursar and purser; Eng. bear and Lat. ferre; Eng. silver and Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and It. gomito; Eng. seven, Anglo-Saxon seofon, Ger. sieben, Lat. septem, Gr."epta`, Sanskrit saptan. The form of letter B is Roman, from the Greek B (Beta), of Semitic origin. The small b was formed by gradual change from the capital B.

In Music, B is the nominal of the seventh tone in the model major scale (the scale of C major), or of the second tone in its relative minor scale (that of A minor). B stands for B flat, the tone a half step , or semitone, lower than B. In German, B stands for our B, while our B natural is called H (pronounced hä).

Ba (bä), v. t. [Cf. OF. baer to open the mouth, F. bayer.] To kiss. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Baa (bä), v. i. [Cf. G. bäen; an imitative word.] To cry baa, or bleat as a sheep.

He treble baas for help, but none can get. Sir P. Sidney.

Baa (bä), n.; pl. Baas (bäz). [Cf. G. bä.] The cry or bleating of a sheep; a bleat.

Baa"ing, n. The bleating of a sheep. Marryat.

Ba"al (b"al), n.; Heb. pl. Baalim (-m). [Heb. ba'al lord.] 1. (Myth.) The supreme male divinity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations.

The name of this god occurs in the Old Testament and elsewhere with qualifying epithets subjoined, answering to the different ideas of his character; ; as, Baal-berith (the Covenant Baal), Baal-zebub (Baal of the fly).