Meaning of Ruby | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of Ruby (“curry”).
   alt-of, slang
2. A female given name.
3. A curry; ellipsis of Ruby Murray.
   Cockney, slang
4. A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
   countable, uncountable
5. A surname.
   rare
6. A deep red colour.
   countable, uncountable
7. A male given name.
   rare
8. The tincture red or gules.
   countable, uncountable
9. A dynamic, reflective, general-purpose object-oriented programming language developed in the 1990s.
10. A ruby hummer, a South American hummingbird, Clytolaema rubricauda.
    countable, uncountable
11. A city in Alaska.
12. A red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra.
    countable, uncountable
13. A ghost town in Arizona.
14. The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point.
    UK, dated, uncountable
15. A town in South Carolina.
16. A pronunciation guide written above or beside Chinese characters.
    countable, uncountable
17. A town in Wisconsin.
18. A red spinel.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
19. A settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.
20. A locality in South Gippsland Shire, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

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Examples

“They respond instantly to the faintest rustling in the covert of a sheaf of Ulysses S. Grants, or the homely, rustic tinkle of a wheelbarrow full of rubies being jounced along over a nightclub floor.”

“Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.”

“When now I thinke you can behold such sights, / And keepe the naturall Rubie of your Cheekes, / When mine is blanch'd with feare.”

“Elgin. Topaz a Saltier and Chief Ruby, on a Canton Pearl a Lyon Rampant Saphyr, which last is their paternal Coat; and the Field Topaz, and Saltier, and Chief Ruby, was the Arms of King Robert the Bruce, they altering the Field from Pearl (as he bore it) to Topaz.”

“The Field is Ruby, on a Bend Topaz, three Martlets Diamond. [...] Checkie Topaz and Saphire, a Fesse within a Bordure Ruby, by the Name of Clifford.”

“(1) Pearl, a Cross, Ruby, with the Effigies of our Saviour thereon, Topaz, born in Memory of one of the Family's fighting against the Turks. (2) Topaz, a Chief Indented, Saphire. (3) Ruby, three covered Cups, Topaz [...]”

“Ruby, my dear / Hold back that tear / I know he's gone / Your love has flown”

“And those are her two daughters, Opal and Ruby. Her husband, Joshua, named them. He said they were to be the jewels of his old age. She would never have thought of names like that. There wasn't an ounce of sentiment in her body.”

“Ruby began life in Japan as the creation of Yukihiro Matsumoto, known more commonly as Matz. Unlike that of most language developers, Matz's motivation for Ruby was fun and a principle of “least surprise,” in order to improve overall developer productivity.”

“We're going down the Indian for a Ruby; wanna join us?”

“No matter if you're Asian, Arab or Eskimo, everyone loves a ruby.”

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