[Sp., f. azul blue, AZURE.] A kind of Dutch glazed tile painted in colors.
1854. Scoffern, in Orr’s Circ. Sc., Chem. 430. The azulejos or coloured tiles, found in the Alhambra.
1874. O’Shaughnessy, Music & Moonlight, 36.
| The quaint rich azulejos, with their own | |
| Melodious manner of bright metaphor, | |
| Intricate through zigzagging arabesque. |
