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rubies |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ruby \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.
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