Thesaurus: agate

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1. adv. On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate.
2. n. 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.
3. n. A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby.
4. n. A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
5. n. A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.
6. n. an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles
7. On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate. [Obs.] Cotgrave. 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.
8. On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate.[Obs.] Cotgrave.
9. n:100 n. an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles