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rubied

American  
[roo-beed] / ˈru bid /

adjective

  1. 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

She with her neeld composes Nature's own shape of bud, bird, branch, or berry; That even her art sisters the natural Roses, Her inkle, silk, twin with the rubied Cherry.

From The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare by Ellacombe, Henry Nicholson

Behold this rubied cross—oh heaven! that I should hold it in my hand, and know, that, but a moment since, it was on the neck of Leila!

From Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico by Bird, Robert Montgomery

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