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Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ All there was around her was endless waves of ruby and ice with the fog crawling beneath her feet. ▪ And under the plate, among the spinning wheels, diamonds and rubies do battle against friction. ▪ How about a ruby and diamond ...
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Ruby is an Arab dramatic series that was produced in 2012 and aired on MBC4 and Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation .
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Etymology 1 Of a deep red colour. n. A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone. v (context transitive poetic English) To make red; to redden. Etymology 2 n. A pronunciation guide written above or beside Chinese or Japanese characters. ...
Usage examples of ruby.
Ignoring the badinage, Ake walked over to where the rubies lay on the floor, kneeled down, and began selecting likely prospects.
The amah wore a midnight blue sari embroidered with silver threat and a necklace of rubies.
From other ships he looted cargoes of lapis, pearls, amber, diamonds, rubies, carnelian, ambergris, jade, ivory, and lignum vitae.
When I had finished, I loaded it with some chests of rubies, emeralds, ambergris, rock-crystal, and bales of rich stuffs.
Impoverished Argali could never match such an offer: shovels and awls forged from fine metals, stacks of dried firewood, golden bridle bells, dewhoney and molasses, dried rose-leeks, cobberwheat, tri-grains, and reedflour that poured through your fingers like powdered rubies.
I can have my cake and eat it too, you know, in regards to not bailing on Ruby.
Now that she knew her mission, Ruby hurriedly wrapped the plate of baklava in plastic, grabbed her purse and locked the house.
Their imitation gold bangles and necklaces, brooches and rings of cheap rubies, their indispensable high-heeled shoes, glittered under the lights.
She wore rings and bangles, and even a ruby stud on the side of her nose.
Ranchers from remoter parts of the country appeared: Garnett, from the Ruby rancho, Keast, from the ranch of the same name, Gethings, of the San Pablo, Chattern, of the Bonanza, and others and still others, a score of them--elderly men, for the most part, bearded, slow of speech, deliberate, dressed in broadcloth.
Garnett of the Ruby rancho, Keast from the ranch of the same name, Gethings of the San Pablo, and Chattern of the Bonanza, leaned back in their chairs, their waist-coats unbuttoned, their legs spread wide, laughing--they could not tell why.
There remained in the harness room--besides Vanamee and Presley--Magnus Derrick, Annixter, old Broderson Harran, Garnett from the Ruby rancho, Keast from the ranch of the same name, Gethings of the San Pablo, Chattern of the Bonanza, about a score of others, ranchers from various parts of the county, and, last of all, Dabney, ignored, silent, to whom nobody spoke and who, as yet, had not uttered a word.
Promptly these chairs were filled up with members of the League, the audience cheering as certain well-known figures made their appearance--Garnett of the Ruby ranch, Gethings of the San Pablo, Keast of the ranch of the same name, Chattern of the Bonanza, elderly men, bearded, slow of speech, deliberate.
He had some carved Mughal rubies in his own collection, but nothing more than ten carats, and nothing of the quality of the Montegeau ruby.
Ruby got her first close-up look at Thork and choked back her laughter.