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agate

2 entries found.

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 512 point b : condensed information (as advertisements or box scores) set especially in agate type


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