Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A pigment obtained from madder.

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Examples

  • The furious rubiate gaze pinned Zail Bal, who had been attempting to edge toward one of the passages.

    Conan The Victorious Jordan, Robert 1984

  • A single rubiate eye set in the middle of its head watched him with a horrifying glimmer of intelligence, but with hunger as well.

    Conan The Unconquered Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1983

  • A single rubiate eye set in the middle of its head watched him with a horrifying glimmer of intelligence, but with hunger as well.

    Conan The Unconquered Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1983

  • The facade of the palazzo was brick over which traditional Venetian stucco of powdered brick and marble sand in a foundation of lime paste produced the rich rubiate hue so typical of the city.

    The Kaisho Lustbader, Eric 1983

  • Its rubiate eyes remained on her face, but it stood still as she backed down the sloping passage, lined with flickering torches set in plain iron sconces.

    Conan The Invincible Jordan, Robert 1982

  • The scaled ones knelt for the mage, and followed Conan and Karela with hungering rubiate eyes.

    Conan The Invincible Jordan, Robert 1982

  • His heart pumped; his life blood poured from his ruined throat, the rubiate liquor flowing over ebon marble, channeled to the golden vessel at the foot of the altar for later necromancies.

    Conan The Invincible Jordan, Robert 1982

  • The falling pike struck him on the shoulder, the rubiate glow faded, and he was tugging his sword free of a collapsing body.

    Conan The Invincible Jordan, Robert 1982

  • For reasons lately given, mixed pigments are apt to be inferior to the simple or homogeneous both in colour, working, and other properties; yet some pigments mix and combine more cordially and with better results than others; as is the case with liquid rubiate and gamboge.

    Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field

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