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Rareagate
The correct spelling is agate.
How to pronounce agate
noun
IPA: /ˈæ.ɡət/
Say it like: Aga-te
The correct spelling is agate. 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. For example: "to be agate; to set the bells agate"
Usage Examples
“to be agate; to set the bells agate”
Meanings
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.
adverb
- 1.On the way; agoing.
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