Definitions for: 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



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, chromatic, crimson, crimson, deep red, red, reddish, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet

See Also: corundom, corundum, gem, jewel, precious stone, red, redness, transparent gem

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