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

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

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

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