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Word: agate
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Meaning:
Adverb:
- obsolete On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate.
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Noun:
- countable A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.;—so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.
- obsolete A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
- uncountable|mineralogy A semi-pellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.
- printing A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby.
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