Short for blewebis n. at sense A. ‘blue bice’: indicating a shade of blue obtained from smalt, duller or inferior to ultramarine or azure, with…

A dark blue colour resembling the colour of many naval uniforms (including those of the British and United States Navies).

A dark blue colour; spec. the colour associated with the uniform of the Royal Marines. Cf. navy blue, n.

(a) n. a very dark shade of blue; (b) adj. having this colour.

A dark blue colour. Also occasionally blue Adelaide. Now rare.

A dark shade of blue, adopted as the colour of Oxford University.

(a) adj. of a dark blue colour resembling that of a butcher's apron; (b) n. this colour; clothing of this colour (cf. sense 7).

a dark blue used to paint china.

= marine blue, n.

attributive in gendarme blue, a colour like that of a French gendarme's uniform; also absol.

= navy blue, n.

Textiles. A dark blue colour resembling that of a butcher's apron. Now rare.

A deep shade of blue. Now rare.