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Definition of Blue point

1. Noun. Oysters originally from Long Island Sound but now from anywhere along the northeastern seacoast; usually eaten raw.

2. Noun. Small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blue Point

blue noise blue note blue notes blue oedema blue ointment blue orchid blue pea blue peafowl blue peter blue pickerel

blue pike blue pikeperch blue pimpernel blue plate special blue plate specials blue point (current term) blue point Siamese blue pointed blue poppy blue print

blue prints blue pus blue pus bacillus blue racer blue ribbon blue ribbon commission blue ribbon committee blue ribbon jury blue ribbons blue rinse

Literary usage of Blue point

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Collections of the Maine Historical Society by Maine Historical Society (1865)
"... in a free and comfortable close, as doth more fully appear by these following acta. July 13, 1658. We the Inhabitants of Black Point, blue point, ..."

2. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"A point was a tag or lace, and blue was the usual colour of n servant's livery ; hence blue point = sonic coarse lace or string on a servant's coat. ..."

3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1907)
"Thus it appears that from the region near Kettle Point to near blue point there were very few birds, while northeast of Kettle Point and southwest of Blue ..."

4. The American Decisions: Containing All the Cases of General Value and by John Proffatt, Abraham Clark Freeman (1887)
"He then states that the blue point Mining Company purchases the water with which to work their mining ground, and consequently have the entire management ..."

5. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Family History of New York by William Smith Pelletreau (1907)
"He married, June 4, 1879, at blue point, Long Island, Julia E. Hallock, and they have had three children born to them. COURTLAND READING HOWELL. ..."

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