| adv. | 1. | On the way; agoing; |
| n. | 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. |
| 2. | (Print.) A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby. | |
| 3. | A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals. | |
| 4. | A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; - so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing. |
| Noun | 1. | agate - an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles |
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