rubies
noun
Meaning
- A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
- A red spinel.
- A deep red colour.
- The tincture red or gules.
- The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point.
- A ruby hummer, a South American hummingbird, Clytolaema rubricauda.
- To make red; to redden.
- A pronunciation guide written above or beside Chinese or Japanese characters.
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