Definition of agate

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Agate (n.) A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby..

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Phassachate :: Phassachate (n.) The lead-colored agate; -- so called in reference to its color.
Bagatelle :: Bagatelle (n.) A trifle; a thing of no importance.
Cryptogamia :: Cryptogamia (n.) The series or division of flowerless plants, or those never having true stamens and pistils, but propagated by spores of various kinds..
Eyestone :: Eyestone (n.) Eye agate. See under Eye.
Ray :: Ray (n.) A line of light or heat proceeding from a radiant or reflecting point; a single element of light or heat propagated continuously; as, a solar ray; a polarized ray..
Propagate :: Propagate (v. i.) To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly..
Generate :: Generate (v. t.) To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce (a being similar to the parent); to engender; as, every animal generates its own species..
Burnisher :: Burnisher (n.) A tool with a hard, smooth, rounded end or surface, as of steel, ivory, or agate, used in smoothing or polishing by rubbing. It has a variety of forms adapted to special uses..
Graft :: Graft (n.) To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon..
Jasperated :: "Jasperated (a.) mixed with jasper; containing particles of jasper; as, jasperated agate..
Missionary :: Missionary (n) One who is sent on a mission; especially, one sent to propagate religion..
Spread :: Spread (v. t.) To propagate; to cause to affect great numbers; as, to spread a disease..
Sounding-board :: Sounding-board (n.) A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano, in a violin, and in some other musical instruments..
Cockamaroo :: Cockamaroo (n.) The Russian variety of bagatelle.
Dendrite :: Dendrite (n.) A stone or mineral on or in which are branching figures resembling shrubs or trees, produced by a foreign mineral, usually an oxide of manganese, as in the moss agate; also, a crystallized mineral having an arborescent form, e. g., gold or silver; an arborization..
Propagate :: Propagate (v. t.) To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; -- applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate a species of fruit tree..
Agate :: Agate (n.) A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby..
Agate :: 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..
Sative :: Sative (a.) Sown; propagated by seed.
Spread :: Spread (v. i.) To be propagated from one to another; as, the disease spread into all parts of the city..
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