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ultramarine
Part of speech: NounA beautiful blue coloring matter made from lapis lazuli.
Usage examples "ultramarine":- He told us he had done the brand new Disputa chapel and the Agony in the Garden with the beautiful blue light thrown all over Christ through deep French ultramarine glass, and he was now going on with the other chapels as fast as he could. - "Ex Voto", Samuel Butler.
- There has been a considerable importation of high- grade clays, principally from England, for special purposes- such as the filling and coating of paper; the manufacture of china, of porcelain for electrical purposes, and of crucibles; and for use in ultramarine pigments, in sanitary ware, in oilcloth, and as fillers in cotton bleacheries. - "The Economic Aspect of Geology", C. K. Leith.
- The whole of the first line of it was in ultramarine letters, the other lines much smaller on a gradually diminishing scale, and whenever the name of Allah occurred, it was written in letters of gold. - "The Slaves of the Padishah", Mór Jókai.