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Definition of Blues

Blue
Blue Blue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blued; p. pr. & vb. n. Bluing.] To make blue; to dye of a blue color; to make blue by heating, as metals, etc.
Blue
Blue Blue (bl[=u]), n. 1. One of the seven colors into which the rays of light divide themselves, when refracted through a glass prism; the color of the clear sky, or a color resembling that, whether lighter or darker; a pigment having such color. Sometimes, poetically, the sky. 2. A pedantic woman; a bluestocking. [Colloq.] 3. pl. [Short for blue devils.] Low spirits; a fit of despondency; melancholy. [Colloq.] Berlin blue, Prussian blue. Mineral blue. See under Mineral. Prussian blue. See under Prussian.
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Cod Cod, n. [Cf. G. gadde, and (in Heligoland) gadden, L. gadus merlangus.] (Zo["o]l.) An important edible fish (Gadus morrhua), taken in immense numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities. Note: There are several varieties; as shore cod, from shallow water; bank cod, from the distant banks; and rock cod, which is found among ledges, and is often dark brown or mottled with red. The tomcod is a distinct species of small size. The bastard, blue, buffalo, or cultus cod of the Pacific coast belongs to a distinct family. See Buffalo cod, under Buffalo. Cod fishery, the business of fishing for cod. Cod line, an eighteen-thread line used in catching codfish. --McElrath.

Meaning of Blues from wikipedia

- Blues is a music genre and musical form which was originated in the Deep South of the United States around the 1870s by African-Americans from roots in...
- BLUES is the abbreviation for the German "Bremer Luft UEberwachungs System" (which means literally "Air monitoring system of Bremen"). It is a monitoring...
- Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of po****r music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s. The term was...
- Blues' Blues is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitc**** recorded in 1972 and released on the Mainstream label. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow...
- Blues rock is a fusion genre combining elements of blues and rock. It is mostly an electric ensemble-style music with instrumentation similar to electric...
- The Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch...
- Blues on Top of Blues is the fourteenth studio album by B.B. King released in 1968 on BluesWay BLS-6011. The album reached a peak position of number 46...
- Soul blues is a style of blues music developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s that combines elements of soul music and urban contemporary music. Singers...
- The twelve-bar blues (or blues changes) is one of the most prominent chord progressions in po****r music. The blues progression has a distinctive form...
- Detroit blues is blues pla**** by musicians residing in and around Detroit, Michigan, particularly in the 1940s and 1950s. Detroit blues originated when...
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