[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ruby \ru"by\, n.; pl. rubies. f. rubis cf. pr. robi, ll.
   rubinus, robinus, fr. l. rubeus red, reddish, akin to ruber.
   see rouge, red.
   1. min. a precious stone of a carmine red color, sometimes
      verging to violet, or intermediate between carmine and
      hyacinth red. it is a red crystallized variety of
      corundum.
      1913 webster

   note: besides the true or oriental ruby above defined, there
         are the balas ruby, or ruby spinel, a red variety of
         spinel, and the rock ruby, a red variety of garnet.
         1913 webster

               of rubies, sapphires, and pearles white.
                                                  --chaucer.
         1913 webster

   2. the color of a ruby; carmine red; a red tint.
      1913 webster

            the natural ruby of your cheeks.      --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. that which has the color of the ruby, as red wine. hence,
      a red blain or carbuncle.
      1913 webster

   4. print. see agate, n., 2. eng.
      1913 webster

   5. zool. any species of south american humming birds of the
      genus clytolaema. the males have a ruby-colored throat
      or breast.
      1913 webster

   ruby of arsenic, ruby of sulphur chem., a glassy
      substance of a red color and a variable composition, but
      always consisting chiefly of the disulphide of arsenic; --
      called also ruby sulphur.

   ruby of zinc min., zinc sulphide; the mineral zinc blende
      or sphalerite.

   ruby silver min., red silver. see under red.
      1913 webster
see also:
rubies rouge red agate clytolaema ruby of arsenic 
ruby of sulphur ruby sulphur ruby of zinc ruby silver red 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ruby \ru"by\, a.
   ruby-colored; red; as, ruby lips.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ruby \ru"by\, v. t. imp.  p. p. rubied; p. pr.  vb. n.
   rubying.
   to make red; to redden. r. --pope.
   1913 webster
see also:
rubied rubying 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ruby
     adj : having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent
           of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
           syn: red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine,
            cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby-red,
            scarlet
     n 1: a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished
          and is valued as a precious gem
     2: a transparent deep red variety of corundum; used as a
        gemstone and in lasers
     3: a deep and vivid red syn: crimson, deep red
see also:
red reddish ruddy blood-red carmine cerise 
cherry cherry-red crimson ruby-red scarlet 
deep red 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

107 moby thesaurus words for "ruby":
   titian, titian-red, adamant, agate, alexandrite, amethyst,
   aquamarine, beryl, bloodstone, bricky, brilliant, carbuncle,
   cardinal, carmine, carnation, carnelian, cerise, chalcedony,
   cherry, cherry-colored, cherry-red, chrysoberyl, chrysolite,
   citrine, coral, crimson, damask, demantoid, diamond, emerald,
   ferruginous, fiery, fire-red, flame-colored, flame-red, flaming,
   garnet, girasol, glowing, gules, harlequin opal, heliotrope, hot,
   hyacinth, incarmined, incarnadine, inflamed, infrared, iron-red,
   jade, jadestone, jargoon, jasper, lake-colored, laky, lapis lazuli,
   lateritious, lobster-red, lurid, maroon, moonstone, morganite,
   onyx, opal, peridot, plasma, port-wine, puce, red, red-dyed,
   red-looking, reddened, reddish, reddish-amber, reddish-brown,
   rose quartz, rubicund, rubify, rubiginous, rubric, rubricose,
   ruby-colored, ruby-red, ruddied, ruddle, ruddy, rufescent, rufous,
   rust, rust-red, rusty, sapphire, sard, sardonyx, scarlet, spinel,
   spinel ruby, stammel, tile-red, topaz, turquoise, vermilion,
   vinaceous, warm, wine, wine-colored, wine-red

[6] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

ruby
     
        
     
        1. a relational language designed by jones and m. sheeran in
        1986 for describing and designing circuits a hardware
        description language.  ruby programs denote binary
        relations and programs are built-up inductively from
        primitive relations using a pre-defined set of relational
        operators.  ruby programs also have a geometric
        interpretation as networks of primitive relations connected by
        wires, which is important when layout is considered in circuit
        design.
     
        ruby has been continually developed since 1986, and has been
        used to design many different kinds of circuits, including
        systolic arrays, butterfly networks and arithmetic
        circuits.
     
        ftp://ftp.cs.chalmers.se/pub/misc/ruby/.
     
        e-mail: .
     
        "ruby - a language of relations and higher-order functions",
        m. sheeran, proc 3rd banff workshop on hardware verification,
        springer 1990.
     
        1994-10-27
     
        2. one of five pedagogical languages based on markov
        algorithms, used in higman's report below.  the other
        languages are brilliant, diamond, nonpareil, and
        pearl.
     
        "nonpareil, a machine level machine independent language for
        the study of semantics", b. higman, ulics intl report no icsi
        170, u london 1968.
     
        1994-10-27
     
        3. a fully object oriented interpreted scripting
        language by yukihiro matsumoto .
     
        similar in scope to perl and python, ruby has high-level
        data types, automatic memory management, dynamic typing,
        a module system, exceptions, and a rich standard library.
        other features are clu-style iterators for loop
        abstraction, singleton classes/methods and lexical
        closures.
     
        in ruby, everything is an object, including the basic data
        types.  for example, the number 1 is an instance of class
        fixnum.
     
        current version stable: 1.6.7, as of 2002-03-01.
     
        ruby home http://www.ruby-lang.org/.
     
        ruby central http://www.rubycentral.com/.
     
        "programming ruby - the pragmatic programmer's guide", david
        thomas, andrew hunt, yukihiro matsumoto pub. addison wesley
        2000.
     
        2002-06-19
     
     
see also:
relational language hardware description language binary relations relational operators systolic arrays butterfly networks 
lt;ftp://ftp.cs.chalmers.se/pub/misc/ruby/gt; markov algorithms brilliant diamond nonpareil 
pearl object oriented interpreted scripting language perl 
python data types memory management dynamic typing module 
exceptions clu iterators loop abstraction singleton classes 
methods lexical closures object class lt;ruby homegt; lt;ruby centralgt; 

[7] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

ruby
   heb. peninim, only in plural lam. 4:7. the ruby was one of
   the stones in the high priest's breastplate ex. 28:17. a
   comparison is made between the value of wisdom and rubies job
   28:18; prov. 3:15; 8:11. the price of a virtuous woman is said
   to be "far above rubies" prov. 31:10. the exact meaning of the
   hebrew word is uncertain. some render it "red coral;" others,
   "pearl" or "mother-of-pearl."
   

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

ruby, ak city, fips 65590
  location: 64.71757 n, 155.52066 w
  population 1990: 170 92 housing units
  area: 19.1 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 99768
ruby, mi
  zip codes: 48049
ruby, sc town, fips 62080
  location: 34.74414 n, 80.17974 w
  population 1990: 300 148 housing units
  area: 8.1 sq km land, 0.1 sq km water
  zip codes: 29741

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

ruby, ak -- u.s. city in alaska
   population 2000:    188
   housing units 2000: 107
   land area 2000:     7.550772 sq. miles 19.556408 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    7.550772 sq. miles 19.556408 sq. km
   fips code:            65590
   located within:       alaska ak, fips 02
   location:             64.737306 n, 155.487693 w
   zip codes 1990:     99768
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    ruby, ak
    ruby

[10] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

ruby, sc -- u.s. town in south carolina
   population 2000:    348
   housing units 2000: 182
   land area 2000:     3.107268 sq. miles 8.047788 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.021608 sq. miles 0.055964 sq. km
   total area 2000:    3.128876 sq. miles 8.103752 sq. km
   fips code:            62080
   located within:       south carolina sc, fips 45
   location:             34.745626 n, 80.175903 w
   zip codes 1990:     29741
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    ruby, sc
    ruby

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