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A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.

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A red spinel.

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A deep red colour.

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The tincture red or gules.

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The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point.

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• agate

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A ruby hummer, a South American hummingbird, Clytolaema rubricauda.

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A red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra.

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To make red; to redden.

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Of a deep red colour.

It wasn't his ruby at her neck.

The box held a beautiful diamond ring encircled with deep, ruby baguettes.

The smoke funneled into the red ruby, disappearing into its depths.

The spark of fire in the rough ruby was enough to draw Xander from his musings.

Yes, she'd taken off the ruby, but it was for a damned good cause.

We watched as a Rufus Hummingbird fought off a Ruby Throated for territory.

The works by his hand are remarkable for their ruby tint, with a beautiful metallic lustre; but only one small tazza remains in Gubbio itself.

Tourmaline or rubellite is found on the borders of the Ruby Mines district and in the Shan State of Mong Long.

Glass containing gold behaves in almost precisely the same way, but the ruby glass is less crimson than copper ruby glass.

Her eyes went to the ruby at his chest.

First, there is the highland tract including the hilly country at the sources of the Chindwin and the upper waters of the Irrawaddy, the Upper Chindwin, Katha, Bhamo, Myitkyina and Ruby Mines districts, with the Kachin hills and a great part of the Northern Shan states.

The " ruby " sand consists chiefly of fine garnets and magnetites, with a few rose-quartz grains.

On exposure to a high temperature, the sapphire usually loses colour, but, unlike ruby, it does not regain it on cooling.

The Arabian geographers of the 10th century speak of its mines of ruby and lapis lazuli, and give notices of the flourishing commerce and large towns of Waksh and Khotl, regions which appear to have in part corresponded with Badakshan.

The smallest of the birds, the ruby throat humming-bird, is found everywhere, even up to timber line in the mountains.

Do you see Santa 's velvety ruby red coat?

In addition to the clear lead crystal, this beautiful piece also is available in striking parma violet and rich ruby red.

Tina's amused, but Johnny asks Ruby to stop being so nosy and eat up her food.

Posted by Darren on 02 Nov 2004 Sam I have to get ruby has a take out from a pub in Sheffield.

Inside are the enameled busts of the Queen and her mother, Anne Boleyn, wearing ruby and diamond brooches respectively.

Death will take a ruby from it, place the ruby in your hands, you will strike my head with it.

God then ordered the angels to bring from the highest Paradise a stone of red ruby.

Cobra goes kosher Whether you like your curry hot or mild, nothing goes finer with a good old ruby than some beer.

His head is wrapped in a turban and in the center of its front is the largest ruby they've ever seen.

Maybe we should offer some ruby slippers by way of sending them back home.

Being a Ruby newbie, I tried to find an elegant solution via Google.

Herbal Tea Floral - a ruby red herbal tea that blends crimson flowers with cinnamon sticks.

Ruby said, " He gave Valentines first time a fair old clout, but after that he was going super all the way.

Tina delivers an ultimatum - tell Ruby or she'll leave him.

He would have to be a little wacky, unlike Oswald, Ruby or Ray.

Other precious stones, including the sapphire, emerald, oriental emerald, ruby, opal, amethyst, garnet, chrysolite, topaz, cairngorm, onyx, zircon, &c., have been found in the gold and tin bearing drifts and river gravels in numerous localities throughout the states.

Other precious stones found in Brazil are the topaz, ruby, aquamarine, tourmaline, chrysoberyl, garnet and amethyst.

In Upper Burma sapphires occur in association with rubies, but are much less important (see Ruby).

Of the three grades of the first class the badge is a rectangular gold and yellow enamel plaque, decorated with two upright blue dragons, with details in green and white, between the heads for the first grade a pearl, for the second a ruby, for the third a coral, set in green, white and gold circles.

These reactions are of special interest, for they culminate in the production of artificial ruby and sapphire (see Gems, Artificial).

The DIVISION includes the districts of Mandalay, Bhamo, Myitkyina, Katha and Ruby Mines, with a total area of 29,373 sq.

The problem previously was that textmate was n't finding ruby at all.

His head is wrapped in a turban and in the center of its front is the largest ruby they 've ever seen.

Eye color to reflect a distinct rich ruby glow.

Although she is outlined in black ink, one sees ruby red lips and emphatic eyeliner.

You see not even all ruby lasers are the same !

On 23 October 1992, they stowed away on MC Ruby, a cargo ship bound for Le Havre.

Ruby said, He gave Valentines first time a fair old clout, but after that he was going super all the way.

We have applied this UV laser system to the analysis of single shards from Miocene tephra deposits from the Ruby Range in southwest Montana.

All three had brilliant white teeth that shone like pearls against the ruby of their voluptuous lips.

An interactive Java tutorial is provided to explore how a ruby laser is excited by a xenon flash tube to produce coherent red light.

One family I know names their first born daughters Ruby Michelle.

Everything from decadent ruby reds with a black mesh overlay to plush and sensual satin designs are produced by this line.

The ruby fuchsite and sardonyx are also unusual.

The flavors of brandy and vermouth add depth to the sweet ingredients in an American Beauty, which include ruby port, orange juice and grenadine.