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Definition or meaning of the English word Agate
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. (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.). On the way; agoing; as; to be agate; to set the bells agate. (adv.). |
