Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Lapis lazuli.
- noun A medium to dark blue.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large boat of small draught used for carrying merchandise.
- noun A stone: used only as a Latin word. See phrases below.
- noun A kind of calico-printing with indigo in which the resists are so composed that they act as a mordant for other dyes, those parts of the cloth which by the resist are protected from the action of the indigo, and are thus left white, being dyed in turn by madder or quercitron-baik. The patterns so produced were thought to bear some resemblance to lapis lazuli; hence the name.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A stone.
- noun (Min.) Calamine.
- noun Fused nitrate of silver; lunar caustic.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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With Karen's piece, which started off life as a kind of rose colour, I stamped it with cold batik wax resist and overdyed it in lapis - it's a little darker than I intended - not that I think it doesn't look nice - indeed, I'm very happy with it - but as two more people have to work on it after me, I was hoping it would be a little lighter.
A day to dye for katelnorth 2007
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With Karen's piece, which started off life as a kind of rose colour, I stamped it with cold batik wax resist and overdyed it in lapis - it's a little darker than I intended - not that I think it doesn't look nice - indeed, I'm very happy with it - but as two more people have to work on it after me, I was hoping it would be a little lighter.
Archive 2007-07-01 katelnorth 2007
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Near a temple of Mars, outside the walls of Rome, there was kept a certain stone known as the lapis manalis.
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Near a temple of Mars, outside the walls of Rome, there was kept a certain stone known as the lapis manalis.
Chapter 5. The Magical Control of the Weather. § 2. The Magical Control of Rain 1922
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Near a temple of Mars, outside the walls of Rome, there was kept a certain stone known as the lapis manalis.
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The lapis was his mark and she wore it as a reminder to herself that she belonged to him.
Tutoring Lady Jane Featherstone, Charlotte 2005
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And the king of the Singhalas gave those best of sea-born gems called the lapis lazuli, and heaps of pearls also, and hundreds of coverlets for elephants.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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And the king of the Singhalas gave those best of sea-born gems called the lapis lazuli, and heaps of pearls also, and hundreds of coverlets for elephants.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Sabha Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Possessed of sharp foreteeth and having eyes that resembled the stones called lapis lazuli, the cat called Lomasa, gentle eyeing the mouse, answered as follows: I am delighted with thee, O amiable one!
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Other mountains also in this province yield stones called lapis lazuli, whereof the best azure is made.
Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison
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