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Bluish   /blˈuɪʃ/   Listen
Bluish

adjective
1.
Of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky.  Synonyms: blue, blueish.  "A blue flame" , "Blue haze of tobacco smoke"



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"Bluish" Quotes from Famous Books



... and a half from Andernach the two friends walked their horses in silence, as if no war were devastating this beautiful land, while they followed a path made for the goats across the lofty walls of bluish granite between which foams the Rhine. Presently they descended by one of the declivities of the gorge, at the foot of which is placed the little town, seated coquettishly on the banks of the river and offering a ...
— The Red Inn • Honore de Balzac

... bright day waned, and the large stars were coming out one by one, we found ourselves near home; and when the heavens had turned to bluish-black, and the stars to splendid silvery moons, we passed under the gate of Teschoun, and saw our shadows, darker and deeper than real things, fall across the white walls of mosque and fortress. For shadow ...
— In the Yule-Log Glow, Book I - Christmas Tales from 'Round the World • Various

... The presence of the insect most frequently becomes manifest upon the cauliflower about two weeks after the plants are set out, and is recognized by the plants ceasing to grow, and wilting or assuming a bluish appearance. Such plants should be at once removed, together with the earth immediately surrounding the root, and fresh plants which have been held in reserve set in their places. The only satisfactory remedies are preventive ...
— The Cauliflower • A. A. Crozier

... perceived an egg, lodged down among the bramble-stalks. It had probably rolled out of the nest. It struck me, however, as being a very small egg from so large a bird; and having a rule in my pocket, I found it to be but two and a half inches in length by one and a half in width. It was of a dull, bluish-white color, without spots, though rather rough and uneven. I took it home ...
— Happy Days for Boys and Girls • Various

... kestrils like him that hears it," replied Gillian; "but brave jerfalcons, with large nares, strongly armed, and beaks short and something bluish—" ...
— The Betrothed • Sir Walter Scott


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