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rubis
, de rubis
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Ruby
- (n.) Any species of South American humming birds of the genus Clytolaema. The males have a ruby-colored throat or breast.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) See Agate, n., 2.
- (v. t.) To make red; to redden.
- (n.) The color of a ruby; carmine red; a red tint.
- (n.) That which has the color of the ruby, as red wine. Hence, a red blain or carbuncle.
- (a.) Ruby-colored; red; as, ruby lips.
Synonyms:
Carmine, Cerise, Cherry, Crimson, Red, Reddish, Ruddy, Scarlet,
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• Rubywood
- (n.) red sandalwood. See under Sandalwood.
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• Rubying
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ruby
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