rubied

American  

[roo-beed] / ˈru bid /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of rubied

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

Example Sentences

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

But Pope nobly revindicates his unparalleled power of translating funnily, when, in place of “the walls drip with blood,” he writes— “With sanguine drops the walls are rubied round.”

From Essays in Little by Lang, Andrew

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

You could not fill a golden cup more full Of rubied wine than was my heart with joy.

From Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform by Fulton, Robert I.