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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 Agates from wikipedia
- : 11–12 Vein
agates form in a
manner similar to
nodular agates, and they
include most lace
agates, such as blue lace
agate and
crazy lace
agate. Less commonly...
- fire
agates are
created by the
Schiller effect,
which is also
found in mother-of-pearl.[citation needed] The
brown color and
iridescence of fire
agates is...
- name “onyx” is also
frequently used for level-banded (parallel-banded)
agates, but in
proper usage it
refers to
color pattern not band structure. Onyx...
- grey, pale yellow, or brown.
Believed to be the world's
oldest agates, Lake
Superior agates formed within the
basaltic lava
flows left
behind from the Midcontinent...
-
Enhydro agates are nodules,
agates, or
geodes with
water trapped inside its cavity.
Enhydros are
closely related to
fluid inclusions, but are composed...
- the
layers from the
outside in,
explaining why some
agates have
cavities in the center.
These agates are
incomplete and have not been
fully filled with...
- 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...
-
typical month of
effort would yield 1 ton of good
agates. Currently,
excavation is
required to find the
agates, so an
extra effort is
needed to
supply the ever...
- center,
working mostly on
agates. Most of
these agates were from
Latin America, in
particular Brazil.
Originally the
agate carving industry around Idar...
- 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...
