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stone-blue
[See stone n. 17 c and blue n. 2 b; cf. powder-blue.]
1. A compound of indigo with starch or whiting, used by laundresses. Also attrib.
1675in Abridgem. Specif. Patents, Bleaching etc. (1859) 7 [The art] of making out of the vseless dust or powder of indigo, stone blewe, flatt indigo, and powder blewe. 1786Act 26 Geo. III c. 51 §21 Great Quantities of Starch are used in the making of Stone Blue. 1836E. Howard R. Reefer xxxvii, A washerwoman's stone-blue bag. 1836–41Brande Chem. (ed. 5) 1091 Stone-blue is a compound of indigo or prussian blue and the inferior kinds of starch.
2. The blue colour of this, or a dress of this colour. (Cf. powder-blue 2.)
1860C. Brontë Emma in Cornh. Mag. Apr. 494 Bright stone-blue is a colour they like in dress. 1906Daily Chron. 5 Oct. 4/5 Mrs. Cyril Ward, in stone-blue. 1962L. L. Bean Catal. Spring 11 Ladies Knee Sox..Colors: Stone Blue, Stone Green. |