To set any thing a-gate is to begin it, or set it agoing ; and any thing pending is said to be a-gate : as, we have brewing a-gate, washing a-gate, &c. i. e. going on. York, and Derb.
·adv On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate. II. Agate ·noun A kind of type, l...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
(Heb. shebo), a precious stone in the breast-plate of the high priest (Ex. 28:19; 39:12), the second...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
The cap for the pivots of the compass-cards, formed of hard siliceous stone, a chalcedony or carneli...
The Sailor's Word-Book
a beautifully-veined semi-transparent precious stone, a variety of quartz. Its colors are delicately...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary