agate

The cap for the pivots of the compass-cards, formed of hard siliceous stone, a chalcedony or carnelian, &c.

← agal-agal × agave →

Agate
·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
Agate
(Heb. shebo), a precious stone in the breast-plate of the high priest (Ex. 28:19; 39:12), the second...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
agate
To set any thing a-gate is to begin it, or set it agoing ; and any thing pending is said to be a-ga...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Agate
a beautifully-veined semi-transparent precious stone, a variety of quartz. Its colors are delicately...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary