·- A variety of spinel ruby, of a pale rose red, or inclining to orange. ·see Spinel.
·noun ·see <<Agate>>, ·noun, 2. II. Ruby ·adj Ruby-colored; red; as, ruby lips. III. Ruby ·noun Th...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
(Heb. peninim), only in plural (Lam. 4:7). The ruby was one of the stones in the high priest's breas...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
·adj Having the tail, or lower part of the body, bright red. ...
Red-faced. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose