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| ag·ate [ ággət ] (plural ag·ates) |
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1. type of chalcedony: a hard fine-grained semiprecious stone with variously colored bands, markings, and areas of clouding that is a form of chalcedony. Use: gems.
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2. toy marble: a playing marble made of agate or of glass that looks like agate
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| [Late 16th century. Via French< Greek akhātēs, perhaps after Achates, river in Sicily] |
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