a. and sb. [a. F. azurin (Cotgr.); cf. It. azurrino (Florio, 1598), med.L. azurīnus: see -INE1.]
A. adj. Blue, azure; according to Littré, pale blue, inclining to grey.
1600. Hakluyt, Voy., III. 37 (R.). They lay a color [on their wrists] which continueth dark azurine.
B. sb. The Blue Roach (Leuciscus cæruleus), distinguished by the slate-blue color of its back.
1832. Yarrell, in Trans. Linn. Soc., XVII. I. 8. From the prevailing blue colour of this fish I have been induced to call it the Azurine.
1875. ‘Stonehenge,’ Brit. Sports, I. V. i. 306. The Azurine is another fish only found in Lancashire.
