agate

[A*gate·]

Agate is a gemstone that's similar to quartz. Jewelry, including pins and earrings, is sometimes made from agate.

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On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate.

Noun
an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles

adv.
On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate.

n.
A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.

n.
A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby.

n.
A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.

n.
A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.

Agate

A*gate" , adv. [Pref. a- on + gate way.] On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

Agate

Ag"ate , n. [F. agate, It. agata, L. achates, fr. Gr. .] 1. A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds. &hand; The fortification agate, or Scotch pebble, the moss agate, the clouded agate, etc., are familiar varieties. 2. (Print.) A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby. &hand; This line is printed in the type called agate. 3. A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals. [Obs.] Shak. 4. A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.

On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate.

A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.

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