Chem. [f. CYAN- 1 + -INE.]
1. A blue dye-stuff prepared from chinoline with amyl iodide, used in calico-printing.
1872. Watts, Dict. Chem., VI. 431.
2. Cyanine blue: the name of a permanent blue pigment, a compound of cobalt and Prussian blue.
1886. Pall Mall Gaz., 13 Sept., 13/2. (Water-colours unchanged by light) Cyanine blue. Prussian blue. Cobalt. [etc.].