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1.nounA clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
2.nounA red spinel.
3.nounA deep red colour.
4.nounThe tincture red or gules.
5.nounThe size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point.
6.nounA ruby hummer, a South American hummingbird, Clytolaema rubricauda.
7.nounA red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra.
8.verbTo make red; to redden.
9.adjectiveOf a deep red colour.