balas : Idioms & Phrases

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balas ruby

  • noun a pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel
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WordNet
Bal"as ru`by
Etymology
OE. bales, balais, F. balais, LL. balascus, fr. Ar. balakhsh, so called from Badakhshan, Balashan, or Balaxiam, a place in the neighborhood of Samarcand, where this ruby is found.
Definitions
  1. (Min.) A variety of spinel ruby, of a pale rose red, or inclining to orange. See Spinel.
Webster 1913