Agate

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)  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 very small person.
 * 5)  A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.;&mdash;so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.

Adverb

 * 1)  On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate.

Hyponyms

 * fortification agate Scotch pebble; moss agate, clouded agate

Derived terms

 * moss agate
 * agate line
 * agateware

Related terms

 * aggie

Etymology

 * 1) From  ἀχάτης:.