agate
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1. agate - Noun
2. agate - Adverb
Meaning
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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A few precision clocks have pivots of 'knife' blades resting on agate plates.
Agatized coral is often referred to as Petoskey stone or agate.
Agate is a frequent material, especially carnelian or banded agate like sardonyx ; the banding makes the impression contrast with the ground.
Agate is one of the most common stones and is found all over the world.
Crazy lace agate, found in Mexico, is often brightly colored and complexly patterned.
Enhydro agate contains tiny inclusions of water, sometimes with air bubbles.