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Definition of Rubylike
1. resembling a ruby [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rubylike
Literary usage of Rubylike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters and Literary Remains of Edward FitzGerald by Edward FitzGerald (1889)
"And takes his flags, and waves them to the mob That shout below, all faces turn'd
to where Glows rubylike the far up crimson globe Filled with a finer air ..."
2. Windows: A Book about Stained & Painted Glass by Lewis Foreman Day (1897)
"White occurs, but only occasionally. The Early palette consists of: — White,
greenish, and rather clouded ; red, rubylike, often streaky; blue, ..."
3. The precious blood; or, The price of our salvation by Frederick William Faber (1860)
"The corn below, even if it bore a thousandfold, was but a poor figure of the
harvest that Blood should gather now, that Blood which shone more rubylike than ..."
4. The Lock and Key Library: The Most Interesting Stories of All Nations by Julian Hawthorne (1909)
"I saw, as I moved with bruised limbs to the place, close by the lips of the dying
magician, the flash of the rubylike essence spilled on the sward, and, ..."
5. Letters and Literary Remains of Edward FitzGerald by Edward FitzGerald (1889)
"And takes his flags, and waves them to the mob That shout below, all faces turn'd
to where Glows rubylike the far up crimson globe Filled with a finer air ..."
6. Windows: A Book about Stained & Painted Glass by Lewis Foreman Day (1897)
"White occurs, but only occasionally. The Early palette consists of: — White,
greenish, and rather clouded ; red, rubylike, often streaky; blue, ..."
7. The precious blood; or, The price of our salvation by Frederick William Faber (1860)
"The corn below, even if it bore a thousandfold, was but a poor figure of the
harvest that Blood should gather now, that Blood which shone more rubylike than ..."
8. The Lock and Key Library: The Most Interesting Stories of All Nations by Julian Hawthorne (1909)
"I saw, as I moved with bruised limbs to the place, close by the lips of the dying
magician, the flash of the rubylike essence spilled on the sward, and, ..."
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