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(), 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. 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. (Zol.) Any species of South American humming birds of the genus Clytolma. 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 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. スポンサード リンク
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