Of an unhealthy, unwholesome colour; livid, leaden-hued. Applied esp. to wounds, to the human face discoloured by disease, and to corpses. Obsolete.

Of a dark colour between black and blue; blackish blue; of the colour of the blae-berry (Vaccinium myrtillus); livid; also, of a lighter shade…

Blackish blue, livid, leaden-coloured. (In early writers sometimes = blue, adj.)

Of the skin: having a bluish or leaden colour, esp. as a result of reduced circulation or oxygenation of the blood (as in exposure to cold or…

Of a bluish- or purplish-grey colour.

Of a bluish- or purplish-grey colour; livid.

Discoloured, livid. Scottish.

blue in the face: (used hyperbolically) blue-faced or livid with anger, excitement, effort, etc.; now usually in to do something till (also until) one…