Brewer's: Azure

Sky blue. Represented in royal arms by the planet Jupiter, in noblemen's by the sapphire. The ground of the old shield of France was azure. Emblem of fidelity and truth. Represented in heraldic devices by horizontal lines.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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