[f. AZURE + -Y1; cf. F. azuré.] Blue, bluish, tinted with soft clear blue.
1600. Tourneur, Transf. Met., vii. The skie, whose hue was azurie.
1611. Guillim, Heraldry, III. vii. 116. The columbine is pleasing to the eie … in regard of the Azurie colour thereof.
1849. C. Brontë, Shirley, xii. 171. Fleeces of white cloud fine as azury snow.
