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Meaning of AGATE in English

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

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    Meaning of AGATE in English

    • 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.
    • A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby.
    • A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
    • 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.
    • A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby.
    • A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
    • A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.

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