ULTRAMARINE, a. [L. ultra, beyond, and marinus, marine.] Situated or being beyond the sea.ULTRAMARINE, n. [supra.] 1. a beautiful and durable sky-blue; a color formed of the mineral called lapis lazuli, and consisting of little else than oxyd of iron.2. Azure-stone.Ultramarine ashes, a pigment which is the residuum of lapis lazuli, after the ultramarine has been extracted. Their appearance is that of the ultramarine, a little tinged with red, and diluted with white.
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