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Definition of Iron blue
1. Noun. Slightly purplish or bluish dark grey.
Generic synonyms: Gray, Grayness, Grey, Greyness
2. Noun. Any of various blue pigments.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Iron Blue
Literary usage of Iron blue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1896)
"An improvement on the " iron blue A," No. 15 of "Floating Flies." No. 20. ...
18 to 24 inclusive are imitations of the different shades of iron blue Duns, ..."
2. A Book on Angling: Being a Complete Treatise on the Art of Angling in Every by Francis Francis (1920)
"The iron-blue comes out on bleak days early in the season, when there is a glint
of sunshine ; but there is another little dark dun which much resembles the ..."
3. Trout and Salmon Fishing in Wales by George Agar Hansard (1834)
"... OR iron blue FLY. SEASON.—April and May. Natural.—In shape resembling the blue
dun, but much smaller. The wings a clear purple, the body a reddish dark ..."
4. Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury (1892)
"In Yorkshire, the iron blue is called the Little Dark Watchet, and Mr. TE Pritt,
... It is spoken of by them as the Iron-blue Drake, Little Dark Blue, ..."
5. Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury (1892)
"In Yorkshire, the iron blue is called the Little Dark Watchet, and Mr. TE Pritt,
... It is spoken of by them as the Iron-blue Drake, Little Dark Blue, ..."
6. Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1896)
"An improvement on the " iron blue A," No. 15 of "Floating Flies." No. 20. ...
18 to 24 inclusive are imitations of the different shades of iron blue Duns, ..."
7. A Book on Angling: Being a Complete Treatise on the Art of Angling in Every by Francis Francis (1920)
"The iron-blue comes out on bleak days early in the season, when there is a glint
of sunshine ; but there is another little dark dun which much resembles the ..."
8. Trout and Salmon Fishing in Wales by George Agar Hansard (1834)
"... OR iron blue FLY. SEASON.—April and May. Natural.—In shape resembling the blue
dun, but much smaller. The wings a clear purple, the body a reddish dark ..."
9. Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury (1892)
"In Yorkshire, the iron blue is called the Little Dark Watchet, and Mr. TE Pritt,
... It is spoken of by them as the Iron-blue Drake, Little Dark Blue, ..."
10. Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury (1892)
"In Yorkshire, the iron blue is called the Little Dark Watchet, and Mr. TE Pritt,
... It is spoken of by them as the Iron-blue Drake, Little Dark Blue, ..."
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