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.
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   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.
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               Of rubies, sapphires, and pearles white.
                                                  --Chaucer.
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   2. The color of a ruby; carmine red; a red tint.
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            The natural ruby of your cheeks.      --Shak.
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   3. That which has the color of the ruby, as red wine. Hence,
      a red blain or carbuncle.
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   4. (Print.) See Agate, n., 2. [Eng.]
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   5. (Zool.) Any species of South American humming birds of the
      genus Clytolaema. The males have a ruby-colored throat
      or breast.
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   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.
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Ruby \Ru"by\, a.
   Ruby-colored; red; as, ruby lips.
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Ruby \Ru"by\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rubied; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Rubying.]
   To make red; to redden. [R.] --Pope.
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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."
   

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

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