Main Entry: ag·ate

Pronunciation: \ˈa-gət\

Function: noun

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Middle French, from Latin achates, from Greek achatēs

Date: 1570

1 : a fine-grained variegated chalcedony having its colors arranged in stripes, blended in clouds, or showing mosslike forms
2 : something made of or fitted with agate: as a : a drawplate used by gold-wire drawers b : a playing marble of agate
3 a : a size of type approximately 5¹⁄₂ point b : condensed information (as advertisements or box scores) set especially in agate type