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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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..
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..
Missionary :: Missionary (n) One who is sent on a mission; especially, one sent to propagate religion..
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) Any active power; that by which action, or motion, is produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive..
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..
Populate :: Populate (v. i.) To propagate.
Vive :: Vive () Long live, that is, success to; as, vive le roi, long live the king; vive la bagatelle, success to trifles or sport..
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..
Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To cause to grow; to procure to be produced, bred, or propagated; to grow; as, to raise corn, barley, hops, etc.; toraise cattle..
Propagated :: Propagated (imp. & p. p.) of Propagat.
Propagable :: Propagable (a.) Capable of being propagated, or of being continued or multiplied by natural generation or production..
Propagator :: Propagator (n.) One who propagates; one who continues or multiplies.
Agatiferous :: Agatiferous (a.) Containing or producing agates.
Aetheogamous :: Aetheogamous (a.) Propagated in an unusual way; cryptogamous.
Jaspachate :: Jaspachate (n.) Agate jasper.
Sounding-board :: Sounding-board (n.) A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano, in a violin, and in some other musical instruments..
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..
Gagate :: Gagate (n.) Agate.
Traducible :: Traducible (a.) Capable of being derived or propagated.
Abroach :: Abroach (adv.) Hence: In a state to be diffused or propagated; afoot; astir.
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