Agate

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Agate

Agate : கோமேதகம்

Agate definition

Adverb. On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate.

Noun.

  1. A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimeNoun. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.
  2. A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby.
  3. A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
  4. A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.