ruby
/ˈɹuː.bi/ noun B2- A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
- A deep red colour.
- The tincture red or gules.
- A ruby hummer, a South American hummingbird, Clytolaema rubricauda.
- A red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra.
- A pronunciation guide written above or beside Chinese characters.
Plural rubies
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But Ruby Gillis says she saw him writing something on her slate and when Prissy read it she blushed as red as a beet and giggled; and Ruby Gillis says she doesn’t believe it had anything to do with the lesson.”
Ruby Gillis gave me an apple and Sophia Sloane lent me a lovely pink card with ‘May I see you home?’ on it.
There was, in her cupboard, a Golden Cap, with a circle of diamonds and rubies running round it.
Her name was Gayelette, and she lived in a handsome palace built from great blocks of ruby.
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