rubythroat

The common humming-bird of North America. It derives its name from the brill. iant ruby hue of the feathers that adorn its throat. ruby-tiger, s. Entom.: A beautiful European moth, Phrag matobia fuliginosa . Fore wings reddish-brown, I call with a black spot; hind wings blackish, or dull pink, the hind margin and two central spots black; expansion of wings an inch and a quarter. The Jarva is rusty-brown, with brownish hairs, and feeds on ragwort and other plants. "No rubrical directions are anywhere given." - Warton English Poetry , iii. 199. 3. Pertaining to the rubrics. *4. Pertaining to or contained in the calendar. "My father won't become a rubric martyr."- Watpole : To Mann, iii. 86. *rû-bri-căl-1-ty, s. [Eng. rubrical; -ity.] A matter connected with the rubrics; a point of ritual. ( C. Kingsley: Yeast , ch. vi.) rûbri-cāte, v. t. [RUBRICATE, a.] To mark or distinguish with red. "The one he doth rubricate onlie with his red letters." -Fore: Actes , p. 536. rû-bricāte, rû-bri-cat-ed, a . [Lat. rubric a tus , pa. par. of rubrico to mark with red; rubric a red carth; ruber =red.] Marked with red. "The rest that stand rubricate in old kalendars." Spelman : Origin at. of Terms, ch. ii. rû-bri-cian, *rû-bri-çist, s . [Eng.rubric; -ian -ist.] One versed in the rubrics; an adherent or advocate for the rubric.