rubied

American

[roo-beed] / ˈru bid /

adjective

having a color like that of a ruby; deep red.

Etymology

Origin of rubied

First recorded in 1600–10; ruby + -ed ³

Example Sentences

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Harry seized it by its rubied hilt and touched the tip of the blade to a silver flagon nearby, which did not multiply.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

They both looked at the ornate silver sword, its rubied hilt glinting a little in the light from Hermione’s wand.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

The tormentilla gleams in showers along the mountain turf; her delicate crosslets are separate, though constellate, as the rubied daisy.

From Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers by Ruskin, John

And now the largest orbit of the year, Leaning o'er black Mocattam's rubied brow, Proceeded slow, majestic, and serene, Now seemed not further than the nearest cliff, And crimson light struck soft the phosphor wave.

From Gebir by Landor, Walter Savage

However, there was traceable the foundations of new buildings to complete the quadrangle, and a mass of crimson hollyhocks were shining with rubied chalices in the quiet sunlight.

From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by MacKenzie, Compton

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