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sky-blue, n. and a.
[sky n.1]
A. n.
1. a. A pure blue colour like that of the sky; a fabric of this colour.
1738Chambers Cycl. s.v. Dying of silks, Sky blues are begun with orchal, and finished with indigo. 1778F. Burney Evelina (1791) II. 245 He may lay that your nose is a sky-blue, if he pleases. 1840Thackeray Shabby-genteel Story ii, A guitar, with a riband of dirty skyblue. 1899W. T. Greene Cage-Birds 63 Followed by a narrow line of sky-blue.
b. Comb., as sky-blue-pink, a fantasy colour. Also as adj. joc.
1942G. Kersh Nine Lives Bill Nelson xi. 66 Bill could swear that black was white, or green was sky-blue-pink. 1967L. J. Braun Cat who ate Danish Modern xv. 131 What colours do you mix to get sky-blue-pink? 1982S. T. Haymon Ritual Murder xvii. 116 Caught him out red-handed... Not to say green and yellow an' sky-blue-pink.
2. Thin or watery milk, having a bluish tint.
1798Bloomfield Farmer's Boy 254 Its name derision and reproach pursue, And strangers tell of ‘three times skimm'd sky-blue’. 1827Hood Retrospective Review 68 Oh! for that small, small beer anew! And..that mild sky-blue That wash'd my sweet meals down. 1886All Year Round 14 Aug. 34 ‘Sky-blue’ is not always the result of over-creaming and dilution.
†3. slang.
a. Gin. Obs.
1755Connoisseur No. 53 ⁋4 Madam Gin has been christened by as many names as a German princess; every petty chandler's shop will sell you Sky-blue. 1796in Grose's Dict. Vulgar T.
b. Barley broth (Naut.); any vegetable soup.
1887S. Samuels Forecastle to Cabin iv. 53 Sky-blue (boiled barley), hard tack, and tea sweetened with treacle was Jack's fare for the morning meal. 1908J. M. Sullivan Criminal Slang 23 Sky-blue, vegetable soup. 1910H. Y. Moffat Ship's Boy to Skipper xiii. 204 Once a week we had for dinner what we called ‘Sky Blue’. It was made by putting a small quantity of barley into a large quantity of water.
B. adj. Of the blue colour of the sky; azure.
1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Silver, The Spirit of Wine assumes a beautiful Sky-blue Colour. 1773M. Browne Pisc. Eclog. viii. 117 'Twas there gay Phylla..Glanc'd the soft passion from her sky-blue eye. 1821R. Turner Arts 235 The lapis lazuli is of a beautiful sky-blue colour. 1888Truth XXIV. 99/2 The carriage..is in sky-blue plush and silver. |