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Definition of Rubies
1. ruby [v] - See also: ruby
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rubies
Literary usage of Rubies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Voyage of John Huyghen Van Linschoten to the East Indies: From the Old by Jan Huygen van Linschoten, Arthur Coke Burnell, Pieter Anton Tiele (1885)
"rubies are of manie sorts, but the best are those that are called ... The best
rubies that are of the best colour and water are in India called ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Australia has occasionally yielded true rubies, bat mostly of small size and ...
In all these localities the rubies occur in association with sapphires and ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The stones called Cape rubies and Arizona rubies are only fine py- ropes, coming
respectively from the South African diamond mines and from Arizona and New ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"By far the larger number of the rubies are of small size, and the larger stones aro
... All rubies exceeding a certain weight were the property of the ..."
5. The Travels of Ludovico Di Varthema in Egypt, Syria, Arabia Deserta and by Lodovico de Varthema, John Winter Jones, George Percy Badger (1863)
"The sole merchandise of these people is jewels, that is, rubies, ... This is the
mine which produces the greatest quantity of rubies and spinels, ..."
6. The Travels of Ludovico Di Varthema in Egypt, Syria, Arabia Deserta and by Lodovico de Varthema, John Winter Jones, George Percy Badger (1863)
"The sole merchandise of these people is jewels, that is, rubies, ... This is the
mine which produces the greatest quantity of rubies and spinels, ..."
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