Definition of agate

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Agate (n.) A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.

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Agate :: Agate (n.) A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
Agate :: Agate (n.) A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby..
Propagate :: Propagate (v. t.) To generate; to produce.
Grafter :: Grafter (n.) One who inserts scions on other stocks, or propagates fruit by ingrafting..
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..
Body :: Body (n.) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body..
Propagate :: Propagate (v. t.) To multiply; to increase.
Bagatelle :: Bagatelle (n.) A trifle; a thing of no importance.
Propagate :: Propagate (v. t.) To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate; as, to propagate a story or report; to propagate the Christian religion..
Inoculator :: Inoculator (n.) One who inoculates; one who propagates plants or diseases by inoculation.
Stratification :: Straticulate (a.) Characterized by the presence of thin parallel strata, or layers, as in an agate..
Agaty :: Agaty (a.) Of the nature of agate, or containing agate..
Spread :: Spread (v. i.) To be propagated from one to another; as, the disease spread into all parts of the city..
Sow :: Sow (v. t.) To scatter, as seed, upon the earth; to plant by strewing; as, to sow wheat. Also used figuratively: To spread abroad; to propagate..
Aetheogamous :: Aetheogamous (a.) Propagated in an unusual way; cryptogamous.
Wave :: Wave (v. i.) A vibration propagated from particle to particle through a body or elastic medium, as in the transmission of sound; an assemblage of vibrating molecules in all phases of a vibration, with no phase repeated; a wave of vibration; an undulation. See Undulation..
Achate :: Achate (n.) An agate.
Dendrachate :: Dendrachate (n.) Arborescent or dendritic agate.
Bagatelle :: Bagatelle (n.) A game played on an oblong board, having, at one end, cups or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by a rod held in the hand of the player..
Trumpet :: Trumpet (n.) One who praises, or propagates praise, or is the instrument of propagating it..
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