Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Paper sensitive to light, prepared by floating white paper on a solution of potassium ferrocyanide.

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Examples

  • Also, here's a fabulous origami wolf by Chad Killeen (blue-paper on Deviant Art), and also a guinea pig.

    superstars. blighted ones. triciasullivan 2010

  • He sat down and stared at a peeling blue-paper liner.

    My Shipmate—Columbus Stephen Marlowe 1968

  • I managed to get hold of a blue-paper manuscript book by the favour of one of the officers of our estate.

    My Reminiscences Rabindranath Tagore 1901

  • Within this pleasing framework arose the window display, arranged upon a bed of fine blue-paper shavings.

    The Fat and the Thin ��mile Zola 1871

  • -- This edition was issued in blue-paper boards with green back, the title-label being Lara/Jacqueline/7s. 6d.

    The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

  • Once it was a box of latex gloves (almost two-thirds full), another time a pair of forceps (never used), and for Valentine’s Day it was one of those blue-paper gowns (which Ali had ended up wearing as a dress).

    The Alphabetical Hookup List R-Z Phoebe McPhee 2002

  • Once it was a box of latex gloves (almost two-thirds full), another time a pair of forceps (never used), and for Valentine’s Day it was one of those blue-paper gowns (which Ali had ended up wearing as a dress).

    The Alphabetical Hookup List R-Z Phoebe McPhee 2002

  • Once it was a box of latex gloves (almost two-thirds full), another time a pair of forceps (never used), and for Valentine’s Day it was one of those blue-paper gowns (which Ali had ended up wearing as a dress).

    The Alphabetical Hookup List R-Z Phoebe McPhee 2002

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