Defn: The State of Delaware; — a popular sobriquet. It is said, though the story lacks proof, to have taken its origin from the insistence of a Delaware Revolutionary captain, named Caldwell, that no cock could be truly game unless the mother was a blue hen, whence Blue Hen's Chickens came to be a nickname for the people of Delaware.
BLUE JAY
Blue" jay`. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The common jay of the United States (Cyanocitta, or Cyanura, cristata). The predominant color is bright blue.
BLUE-JOHN
Blue"-john`, n.
Defn: A name given to fluor spar in Derbyshire, where it is used for ornamental purposes.
BLUELY
Blue"ly, adv.
Defn: With a blue color. Swift.
BLUENESS
Blue"ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being blue; a blue color. Boyle.
BLUENOSE
Blue"nose, n.