See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

BLUE (See also:

• COMMON

common in different forms to most See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages)  , the name of a See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, used in many colloquial phrases . From the fact of various parties, See also:

• POLITICAL

political and other, having adopted the colour See also:

• BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue as their badge, various classes of See also:

• PEOPLE

people have come to be known as " blue " or " blues "; thus " true blue " meant originally a staunch Presbyterian, the See also:

• COVENANTERS

Covenanters having adopted blue as their colour as opposed to red, the royal colour; similarly, in the See also:

• NAVY

navy, there was in the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century a " Blue See also:

• SQUADRON

Squadron," See also:

• NELSON
• NELSON, HORATIO NELSON, VISCOUNT (1758-1805)
• NELSON, ROBERT (s656-1715)

Nelson being at one See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time " See also:

• REAR

Rear-See also:

• ADMIRAL

Admiral of the Blue "; again, in 169o, the Royal See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

Horse See also:

• GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

Guards were called the "Blues" from their blue See also:

• UNIFORMS

uniforms, or, from their See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, the See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, the " Oxford Blues "; also, from the blue ribbon worn by the knights of the Garter comes the use of the phrase as the highest See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark of distinction that can be worn, especially applied on the See also:

• TURF

turf to the winning of the See also:

• DERBY
• DERBY, EARLS OF

Derby . The " blue See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter " is a rectangular blue See also:

• FLAG (or " FLAGGE," a common Teutonic word in this sense, but apparently first recorded in English)

flag, with a See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white square in the centre, hoisted at the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of the foremast as a See also:

• SIGNAL

signal that a See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel is about to leave See also:

• PORT

port . At Oxford and See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man who represents his university in certain athletic See also:

• SPORTS
• SPORTS, THE BOOK OF

sports is called a " blue " from the " See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours " he is then entitled to See also:

• WEAR

wear, dark blue for Oxford and See also:

• LIGHT

light blue for Cambridge .