agate
noun
- a hard semiprecious stone, a variety of chalcedony, with striped or clouded coloring
- any of various tools having agate parts, as a burnishing instrument with a tip of agate
- a little ball made of this stone or of glass, used in playing marbles
- a former small size of printing type, 5 points
See agate in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ăgˈĭt)
noun- A fine-grained, fibrous variety of chalcedony with colored bands or irregular clouding.
- Games A playing marble made of agate or a glass imitation of it; an aggie.
- A tool with agate parts, such as a burnisher tipped with agate.
- Printing A type size, approximately 5 1/2 points.
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