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Pronunciation : Ul`tra*ma*rine"
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Pref. ultra- + marine.]
Definition : Defn: Situated or being beyond the sea. Burke.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ul`tra*ma*rine"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. Sp. ultramarino. So called because the lapis lazuli was originally brought from beyond the sea, -- from Asia.] (Chem.)
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913