Part 836

<hw>Az"o*tite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt formed by the combination of azotous, or nitrous, acid with a base; a nitrite.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Azotize</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>Az"o*tize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Azotized</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Azotizing</er> (<?/).]</wordforms> <def>To impregnate with azote, or nitrogen; to nitrogenize.</def>

<h1>Azotometer</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>Az`o*tom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Azote</ets> + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An apparatus for measuring or determining the proportion of nitrogen; a nitrometer.</def>

<h1>Azotous</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>A*zo"tous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a</tt><def>: Nitrous; <as>as, <ex>azotous</ex> acid</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Aztec</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>Az"tec</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or relating to one of the early races in Mexico that inhabited the great plateau of that country at the time of the Spanish conquest in 1519.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> One of the Aztec race or people.</def></def2>

<h1>Azure</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>Az"ure</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. & OSp. <ets>azur</ets>, Sp. <ets>azul</ets>, through Ar. from Per. <ets>l\'bejaward</ets>, or <ets>l\'bejuward</ets>, lapis lazuli, a blue color, <ets>l\'bejaward\'c6</ets>, <ets>l\'bejuward\'c6</ets>, azure, cerulean, the initial <ets>l</ets> having been dropped, perhaps by the influence of the Ar. <ets>azr-aq</ets> azure, blue. Cf. G. <ets>lasur</ets>, <ets>lasur</ets>stein, azure color, azure stone, and NL. lapis <ets>lazuli</ets>.]</ety> <def>Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue color of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.</def>

<cs><col>Azure stone</col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>the lapis lazuli; also, the lazulite.</cd></cs>

<h1>Azure</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>Az"ure</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The lapis lazuli.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The clear blue color of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this color.</def> "In robes of <i>azure</i>."

<i>Wordsworth.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The blue vault above; the unclouded sky.</def>

<blockquote>Not like those steps On heaven's <b>azure</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>A blue color, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.</def>

<h1>Azure</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>Az"ure</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To color blue.</def>

<h1>Azured</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>Az"ured</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of an azure color; sky-blue.</def> "The <i>azured</i> harebell."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Azureous</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>A*zu"re*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of a fine blue color; azure.</def>

<h1>Azurine</h1> <Xpage=108>

<hw>Az"u*rine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Azurn</er>.]</ety> <def>Azure.</def>