Ruby and Copper

noun

• A transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem.
• A transparent deep red variety of corundum; used as a gemstone and in lasers.
• A deep and vivid red color.
  • synonyms: crimson, deep red

adjective

• Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
  • synonyms: red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby-red, scarlet

• (n.) Any species of South American humming birds of the genus Clytolaema. The males have a ruby-colored throat or breast.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) See Agate, n., 2.
• (v.t.) To make red; to redden.
• (n.) The color of a ruby; carmine red; a red tint.
• (n.) That which has the color of the ruby, as red wine. Hence, a red blain or carbuncle.
• (a.) Ruby-colored; red; as, ruby lips.

• French: Jewel
• English, Latin: A Ruby Jewel
• Latin: A red, ruby jewel

noun

• A ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor.
  • synonyms: Cu, atomic number 29
• A copper penny.
• Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman.
  • synonyms: bull, cop, fuzz, pig
• A reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper.
  • synonyms: copper color
• Any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings.

verb

• Coat with a layer of copper. .

• (n.) the boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship's coppers.
• (n.) A coin made of copper; a penny, cent or other minor coin of copper.
• (v.t.) To cover or coat with copper; to sheathe with sheets of copper; as, to copper a ship.
• (n.) A common metal of a reddish color, both ductile and malleable, and very tenacious. It is one of the best conductors of heat and electricity. Symbol Cu. Atomic weight 63.3. It is one of the most useful metals in itself, and also in its alloys, brass and bronze.
• (n.) A vessel, especially a large boiler, made of copper.