Associations to the word «Balas»

Wiktionary

BALAS, noun. (archaic) A type of rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a form of ruby (now usually used attributively: balas-ruby).
BALAS RUBY, noun. (archaic) Alternative form of balas-ruby

Dictionary definition

BALAS, noun. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats