ruby
noun
a red variety of corundum, used as a gem.
rubylike
-
a word derived from
ruby.
Example Sentences
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And takes his flags, and waves them to the mob That shout below, all faces turn’d to where Glows rubylike the far-up crimson globe Filled with a finer air: p.
From Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 by Wright, William Aldis
