Lexicographical Neighbors of Rubasse
Literary usage of Rubasse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Winston's Cumulative Loose-leaf Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Workby Thomas Edward Finegan by Thomas Edward Finegan (1922)
"RubaSSe (ru-bas'), a lapidaries' name for a beautiful variety of rock crystal,
... There is also a kind of artificial rubasse. ras. chief of the Bay Islands ..."
2. Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles: dans lequel on traite méthodiquement by Frédéric Cuvier (1826)
"C'est la rubasse naturelle des joailliers. Elle vient du Brésil, et est assez rare.
... rubasse ..."
3. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1862)
"A beautiful red-colored stone, called " rubasse," has lately been popular in
Paris, and brought high prices to the jewellers. Schaff- gotsch examined a ..."
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