Lectionary Calendar
Friday, May 9th, 2025
the Third Week after Easter
the Third Week after Easter
video advertismenet
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!
Click here to join the effort!
Bible Dictionaries
Agate
Webster's Dictionary
Search for…
or Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
(1):
(adv.) On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate.
(2):
(n.) A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; - so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.
(3):
(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.
(4):
(n.) A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby.
(5):
(n.) A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
These files are public domain.
Text Courtesy of BibleSupport.com. Used by Permission.
Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Agate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/agate.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Agate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/a/agate.html. 1828.
