agate
/ˈæ.ɡət/
noun
- 1
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.
- 2
The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5 1/2-point.
- 3
One fourteenth of an inch
- 4
A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
- 5
A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.;—so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.
- 6
A marble made from agate.
- 7
(usually in the plural) A testicle.
adverb
- 1
On the way; agoing.
“to be agate; to set the bells agate”
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