Found 3 items, similar to Agate.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: agate akik, batu akik
English → English (WordNet) Definition: agate agate n : an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles
English → English (gcide) Definition: Agate Agate \A*gate"\, adv. [Pref. a- on + gate way.] On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate. [Obs.] --Cotgrave. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Note: The fortification agate, or Scotch pebble, the moss agate, the clouded agate, etc., are familiar varieties. [1913 Webster] 2. (Print.) A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby. [1913 Webster] Note: This line is printed in the type called agate. [1913 Webster] 3. A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing. [1913 Webster]