About The Word Ruby

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What's The Definition Of Ruby?
[n] a deep and vivid red
[n] a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem [n] a transparent deep red variety of corundum; used as a gemstone and in lasers [adj] having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies Synonyms | Synonyms for Ruby: blood-red | carmine | cerise | cherry | cherry-red | chromatic | crimson | crimson | deep red | red | reddish | ruby-red | ruddy | scarlet Related Terms | Find terms related to Ruby: See Also | corundom | corundum | gem | jewel | precious stone | red | redness | transparent gem Ruby In Webster's Dictionary \Ru"by\, n.; pl. {Rubies}. [F. rubis (cf. Pr. robi), LL.
rubinus, robinus, fr. L. rubeus red, reddish, akin to ruber.
See {Rouge}, {red}.]
1. (Min.) A precious stone of a carmine red color, sometimes
verging to violet, or intermediate between carmine and
hyacinth red. It is a red crystallized variety of
corundum.
Note: Besides the true or Oriental ruby above defined, there
are the balas ruby, or ruby spinel, a red variety of
spinel, and the rock ruby, a red variety of garnet.
Of rubies, sapphires, and pearles white. --Chaucer.
2. The color of a ruby; carmine red; a red tint.
The natural ruby of your cheeks. --Shak.
3. That which has the color of the ruby, as red wine. Hence,
a red blain or carbuncle.
4. (Print.) See {Agate}, n., 2. [Eng.]
5. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of South American humming birds of
the genus {Clytol[ae]ma}. The males have a ruby-colored
throat or breast.
{Ruby of arsenic}, {Ruby of sulphur} (Chem.), a glassy
substance of a red color and a variable composition, but
always consisting chiefly of the disulphide of arsenic; --
called also {ruby sulphur}.
{Ruby of zinc} (Min.), zinc sulphide; the mineral zinc blende
or sphalerite.
{Ruby silver} (Min.), red silver. See under {Red}.
\Ru"by\, a. Ruby-colored; red; as, ruby lips. \Ru"by\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rubied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rubying}.] To make red; to redden. [R.] --Pope. |
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