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- English Word Ruby Definition The color of a ruby; carmine red; a red tint.
- English Word Ruby Definition That which has the color of the ruby, as red wine. Hence, a red blain or carbuncle.
- English Word Ruby Definition See Agate, n., 2.
- English Word Ruby Definition Any species of South American humming birds of the genus Clytolaema. The males have a ruby-colored throat or breast.
- English Word Ruby Definition Ruby-colored; red; as, ruby lips.
- English Word Ruby Definition To make red; to redden.
- English Word Ruby-tailed Definition Having the tail, or lower part of the body, bright red.
- English Word Rubying Definition of Ruby
- English Word Rubytail Definition A European gold wasp (Chrysis ignita) which has the under side of the abdomen bright red, and the other parts deep bluish green with a metallic luster. The larva is parasitic in the nests of other wasps and of bees.
- English Word Rubythroat Definition Any one of numerous species of humming birds belonging to Trochilus, Calypte, Stellula, and allies, in which the male has on the throat a brilliant patch of red feathers having metallic reflections; esp., the common humming bird of the Eastern United States (Trochilus colubris).
- English Word Rubywood Definition red sandalwood. See under Sandalwood.
- English Word Rucervine Definition Of, like, or pertaining to, a deer of the genus Rucervus, which includes the swamp deer of India.
- English Word Ruche Definition A plaited, quilled, or goffered strip of lace, net, ribbon, or other material, -- used in place of collars or cuffs, and as a trimming for women's dresses and bonnets.
- English Word Ruche Definition A pile of arched tiles, used to catch and retain oyster spawn.
- English Word Ruching Definition A ruche, or ruches collectively.
- English Word Ruck Definition A roc.
- English Word Ruck Definition To draw into wrinkles or unsightly folds; to crease; as, to ruck up a carpet.
- English Word Ruck Definition A wrinkle or crease in a piece of cloth, or in needlework.
- English Word Ruck Definition To cower; to huddle together; to squat; to sit, as a hen on eggs.
- English Word Ruck Definition A heap; a rick.
- English Word Ruck Definition The common sort, whether persons or things; as, the ruck in a horse race.
- English Word Rucked Definition of Ruck
- English Word Rucking Definition of Ruck
- English Word Ructation Definition The act of belching wind.
- English Word Ruction Definition An uproar; a quarrel; a noisy outbreak.
- English Word Rud Definition Redness; blush.
- English Word Rud Definition Ruddle; red ocher.
- English Word Rud Definition The rudd.
- English Word Rud Definition To make red.
- English Word Rudd Definition A fresh-water European fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus erythrophthalmus). It is about the size and shape of the roach, but it has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter body, and red irises. Called also redeye, roud, finscale, and shallow. A blue variety is called azurine, or blue roach.