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Definition of Balas
1. Noun. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.
Definition of Balas
1. Noun. (archaic) A type of rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a form of ruby (''now usually used attributively: '''balas-ruby'''''). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Balas
1. a red variety of spinel [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Balas
Literary usage of Balas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Archæology: Egyptian--Greek--Etruscan--Roman by Hodder Michael Westropp (1878)
"This stone has been identified with the balas, or rose-red variety of spinel.
Mr. King mentions in balas the head of a Bacchante, crowned with ivy. ..."
2. Post-Biblical History of the Jews: From the Close of the Old Testament by Morris Jacob Raphall (1856)
"But when King balas believed himself firmly seated on his thone, he began to
indulge without restraint the mean vices of his nature. ..."
3. The Seven Great Monarchies of the Eastern World: Or the History, Geography by George Rawlinson (1885)
"Death of balas; his Character: Coins ascribed to him. ... was succeeded by a
prince whom the Greeks call balas, the Arabs and later Persians Palash, ..."
4. Handbook of Archaeology: Egyptian-Greek-Etruscan-Roman by Hodder Michael Westropp (1878)
"This stone has been identified with the balas, or rose-red variety of spinel.
Mr. King mentions in balas the head of a Bacchante, crowned with ivy. ..."
5. Claimants to Royalty by John Henry Ingram (1882)
"According to these more reliable authorities, balas was a Rhodian youth employed
by various monarchs hostile to the pretensions of Demetrius Soter, ..."
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