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Definition of Steel blue
1. Noun. A greyish blue color.
Definition of Steel blue
1. Noun. A grayish shade of the color blue, like the metal steel ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Steel Blue
Literary usage of Steel blue
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1881)
"black spots with a bluish white centre; the upper portion of the body is steel
blue, streaked along the middle and sides with yellow or orange ; legs white, ..."
2. A Manual of Forestry by William Schlich (1907)
"thorax and abdomen steel-blue, the latter in the $ with the 4th to the 7th ...
steel-blue ground-colour of the abdomen is iridescent, with a coppery sheen. ..."
3. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1890)
"... and lower back ; rump and upper tail-coverts glossy steel-blue with a slight
greenish ... quills black, steel-blue along the outer webs and at the tips, ..."
4. The Techno-chemical Receipt Book: Containing Several Thousand Receipts by William Theodore Brannt, William Henry Wahl (1886)
"Polished sheet, brass placed in the warm mixture assumes a beautiful steel-blue.
Black on Brass. Dissolve, with constant stirring, 1 ounce of copper ..."
5. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1888)
"The almost transparent wings are edged with steel blue. The female is slightly
larger, with heavier body, abdomen dark steel blue, tufts on the anal end ..."
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