Definition of agate:
(n) :
a semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; a kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby
"note: The fortification agate, or Scotch pebble, the moss agate, the clouded agate, etc., are familiar varieties."
(v) :
on the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate
Definition of agate:
(n) :
a semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; a kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby
"note: The fortification agate, or Scotch pebble, the moss agate, the clouded agate, etc., are familiar varieties."
(v) :
on the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate