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ruby-red, a.
[ruby n.]
a. As red as a ruby; having the red colour of ruby.
1591Greene Farewell to Follie Wks. (Grosart) IX. 266 A lip sweete rubie red, gracd with delight. 1611Florio, Rosseggiante, ruby-red. 1796Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) IV. 229 Gills ruby red, 4 in a set. 1847C. Brontë J. Eyre xi, The ornaments..were of sparkling Bohemian glass, ruby red. 1899tr. Jaksch's Clin. Diagnosis (ed. 4) v. 186 An oily substance forms, from which ruby-red needles..slowly separate.
b. quasi-n. A ruby-red colour or tint.
1885[see isochromatic a. 2]. 1899tr. Jaksch's Clin. Diagnosis (ed. 4) viii. 410 The fungus threads are stained a ruby-red. |