agate 音标拼音: ['ægət]
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agate n 1 :
an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony ;
used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles Agate \
A *
gate "\,
adv . [
Pref .
a -
on gate way .]
On the way ;
agoing ;
as ,
to be agate ;
to set the bells agate .
[
Obs .] --
Cotgrave .
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Agate \
Ag "
ate \,
n . [
F .
agate ,
It .
agata ,
L .
achates ,
fr .
Gr . ?.]
1 . (
Min .)
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 .
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Note :
The fortification agate ,
or Scotch pebble ,
the moss agate ,
the clouded agate ,
etc .,
are familiar varieties .
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2 . (
Print .)
A kind of type ,
larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil ;
in England called ruby .
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3 .
A diminutive person ;
so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
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4 .
A tool used by gold -
wire drawers ,
bookbinders ,
etc .; --
so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing .
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Chalcedony \
Chal *
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ny \ (
k [
a ^]
l *
s [
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d "[-
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n [
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or k [
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n .;
pl . {
Chalcedonies }
(-
n [
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L .
chalcedonius ,
fr .
Gr .
CHalkhdw `
n Chalcedon ,
a town in Asia Minor ,
opposite to Byzantium :
cf .
calc ['
e ]
doine ,
OE .
calcidoine ,
casidoyne .
Cf . {
Cassidony }.] (
Min .)
A cryptocrystalline ,
translucent variety of quartz ,
having usually a whitish color ,
and a luster nearly like wax .
[
Written also {
calcedony }.]
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Note :
When chalcedony is variegated with with spots or figures ,
or arranged in differently colored layers ,
it is called {
agate };
and if by reason of the thickness ,
color ,
and arrangement of the layers it is suitable for being carved into cameos ,
it is called {
onyx }.
{
Chrysoprase }
is green chalcedony ; {
carnelian },
a flesh red ,
and {
sard },
a brownish red variety .
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