agates

/AE1 G AH0 T S/

noun

1
A semi-pellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.
2
The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5 1/2-point.
3
One fourteenth of an inch
4
A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
5
A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.;—so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.
6
A marble made from agate.
7
(usually in the plural) A testicle.

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