About The Word Ruby
Learn about the word Ruby to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Ruby definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Ruby
Ruby Definition And Meaning |
---|
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. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Unsalaried ‐ not paying a salary; "an uncompensated…
- Nonalignment ‐ people (or countries) who are not aligned with other people (or…
- Lespedeza sericea ‐ perennial widely planted as for forage and as hay crop especially…
- Xenogenesis ‐ the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle…
- Overspecialize ‐ become overly specialized; "She overspecialized when she concentrated…
- Aythya americana ‐ North American diving duck with a gray-and-black body and reddish-brown…
- Magnetic moment ‐ the torque exerted on a magnet or dipole when it is placed in…
- Viviparous ‐ (zoology) producing living young…
- Tenpin bowling ‐ bowling down an alley at a target of ten…
- Charadrius morinellus ‐ rare plover of upland areas…