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Agate
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
Agate Ag"ate, n. [F. agate, It. agata, L. achates, fr. Gr. ?.]
1. (Min.) 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.
Note: 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.
Note: 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.
Meaning of Agate from wikipedia
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Agate (/ˈæɡɪt/ AG-it) is a
variety of chalcedony,
which comes in a wide
variety of colors.
Agates are
primarily formed within volcanic and metamorphic...
- Look up
agate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Agate is a semi-precious stone.
Agate may also
refer to:
Agate,
Colorado Agate,
Nebraska Agate, North...
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Grape Agate is a
market name for
purple aggregates of tiny
quartz crystals with
botryoidal (spherical) habit.
Mineralogically speaking,
grape agate is not...
- Moss
agate is a semi-precious
gemstone formed from
silicon dioxide. It is a form of
chalcedony which includes minerals of a
green color embedded in the...
- laboratories). "Fire
Agate". www.mindat.org.
Retrieved 2021-04-11. Page,
Geology (2020-01-13). "Fire
Agate : What is fire
agate? How fire
agate is formed?". Geology...
- The
Fairburn Agate is a type of
gemstone found in the
agate beds of
Southwestern South Dakota and
Northwestern Nebraska. It is also the
state gemstone...
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Enhydro agates are nodules,
agates, or
geodes with
water trapped inside its cavity.
Enhydros are
closely related to
fluid inclusions, but are composed...
- An
agate (US) or ruby (UK) is a unit of
typographical measure. It is 5.5
typographical points, or
about 1⁄13 inch (1.94 mm). It can
refer either to the...
- Fordite, also
known as
Detroit agate,
Motor City
agate,
paint rock, or
paint slag, is a
lapidarist term for
polished pieces of
finely layered paint m****es...
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Mariano Agate (19 May 1939 in
Mazara del
Vallo – 3
April 2013 in
Mazara del Vallo) was a
member of the
Sicilian Mafia. He was the boss of
Mazara del Vallo...
