† vesseyn.
Obsolete. rare.
vessey colour n. a light-blue or sky-blue colour.
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watchetc1405
vessey colour1562
fesse1587
Venice blue1598
Turkey colour1661
powder blue1752
Eton blue1851
ice-blue1851
periwinkle blue1852
Cambridge blue1858
baby blue1861
starch blue1875
duck's egg1876
pervenche1876
opal blue1881
periwinkle1895
pervenche blue1898
harebell blue1909
horizon-blue1919
Nattier blue1923
zircon blue1928
Mary blue1943
1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory (1597) 116 b Fishes, or something..appertaining to them, Whereof the maisterie must bee of colour vesse, that is, the colour of the Turcas.
c1573 in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth (1823) I. 413 He hath twoe clokes, th' one of Vessey Collor garded with..black Clothe and twisted lace. [Hence 1826 Hor. Smith Tor Hill I. 186 A vesey-coloured cloak, guarded with black cloth, and twisted lace of carnation.]
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