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Ultramarine
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) Situated or being beyond the sea.
(2):
(n.) A blue pigment formerly obtained by powdering lapis lazuli, but now produced in large quantities by fusing together silica, alumina, soda, and sulphur, thus forming a glass, colored blue by the sodium polysulphides made in the fusion. Also used adjectively.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ultramarine'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/u/ultramarine.html. 1828.