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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Ultramarine \Ul`tra*ma*rine"\, n. [Cf. Sp. ultramarino. So
     called because the lapis lazuli was originally brought from
     beyond the sea, -- from Asia.] (Chem.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Green ultramarine, a green pigment obtained as a first
        product in the manufacture of ultramarine, into which it
        is changed by subsequent treatment.
  
     Ultramarine ash or Ultramarine ashes (Paint.), a pigment
        which is the residuum of lapis lazuli after the
        ultramarine has been extracted. It was used by the old
        masters as a middle or neutral tint for flesh, skies, and
        draperies, being of a purer and tenderer gray that
        produced by the mixture of more positive colors.
        --Fairholt.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Ultramarine \Ul`tra*ma*rine"\, n. [Cf. Sp. ultramarino. So
     called because the lapis lazuli was originally brought from
     beyond the sea, -- from Asia.] (Chem.)
     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.
  
     Green ultramarine, a green pigment obtained as a first
        product in the manufacture of ultramarine, into which it
        is changed by subsequent treatment.
  
     Ultramarine ash or ashes (Paint.), a pigment which is the
        residuum of lapis lazuli after the ultramarine has been
        extracted. It was used by the old masters as a middle or
        neutral tint for flesh, skies, and draperies, being of a
        purer and tenderer gray that produced by the mixture of
        more positive colors. --Fairholt.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ultramarine ash
     n.
     A pigment which is the residuum of lapis lazuli after the ultramarine
  has been extracted, and which was formerly used as a middle or neutral
  tint for flesh, skies, and draperies en 19th century).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  ultramarine ash
     n.
     A pigment which is the residuum of lapis lazuli after the ultramarine
  has been extracted, and which was formerly used as a middle or neutral
  tint for flesh, skies, and draperies en 19th century).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  ultramarine ash
     n.
     A pigment which is the residuum of lapis lazuli after the ultramarine
  has been extracted, and which was formerly used as a middle or neutral
  tint for flesh, skies, and draperies en 19th century).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  ultramarine ash
     n.
     A pigment which is the residuum of lapis lazuli after the ultramarine
  has been extracted, and which was formerly used as a middle or neutral
  tint for flesh, skies, and draperies en 19th century).

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