English-Thai Dictionary

agate

N หิน มโน รา  hin-ma-no-ra

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AGATE

adv. [a and gate. ] On the way; going. Obs.

 

AGATE

n.[Gr. so called, says Pliny, 34, 1 , because found near a river of that name in Sicily. So also Solinus and Isidore. But Bochart, with more probability, deduces it from the Punic and Hebrew, and with a different prefix, spotted. The word is used, Genesis 3 and Genesis 31, to describe the speckled and spotted cattle of Laban and Jacob. ] A class of siliceous, semi-pellucid gems of many varieties, consisting of quartz-crystal, flint, horn-stone, chalcedony, amethyst, jasper, cornealian, heliotrope, and jade, in various combinations, variegated with dots, zones, filaments, ramifications, arborizations, and various figures. Agates seem to have been formed by successive layers of siliceous earth, on the sides of cavities which they now fill entirely or in part.
They are esteemed the least valuable of the precious stones. Even in Pliny's time, they were in little estimation. They are found in rocks, in the form of fragments, in nodules, in small rounded lumps, rarely in stalactites. Their colors are various. They are used for rings, seals, cups, beads, boxes and handles of small utensils.

 

AGATE

n.An instrument used by goldwire drawers, so called from the agate in the middle of it.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AGATE

A *gate ", adv. Etym: [Pref. a- on + gate way. ]

 

Defn: On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate. [Obs. ] Cotgrave.

 

AGATE

Ag "ate, n. Etym: [F. agate, It. agata, L. achates, fr. Gr.

 

1. (Min. )

 

Defn: 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.

 

Note: The fortification agate, or Scotch pebble, the moss agate, the clouded agate, etc. , are familiar varieties.

 

2. (Print. )

 

Defn: A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby.

 

Note: This line is printed in the type called agate.

 

3. A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

4. A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc. ; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

agate

ag ate |ˈagit ˈæɡət | ▶noun an ornamental stone consisting of a hard variety of chalcedony, typically banded in appearance. • a colored toy marble resembling a banded gemstone. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from French, via Latin from Greek akhatēs.

 

Oxford Dictionary

agate

agate |ˈagət | ▶noun [ mass noun ] an ornamental stone consisting of a hard variety of chalcedony (quartz ), typically banded in appearance. • [ count noun ] a coloured toy marble resembling a banded gemstone. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from French, via Latin from Greek akhatēs.

 

French Dictionary

agate

agate n. f. nom féminin Roche aux teintes nuancées dont on fait des bijoux, des objets précieux. : En Gaspésie, on trouve des agates sur le rivage. Note Technique Ce mot ne comporte pas de h, contrairement au prénom Agathe.

 

Spanish Dictionary

agateador

agateador nombre masculino Pájaro cantor de unos 13 cm de longitud, plumaje pardo por encima y blanco por debajo, y pico largo y curvado; se caracteriza por trepar en espiral por el tronco de los árboles con la cola tiesa apretada contra la corteza :el agateador forma parte de la fauna ibérica .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

agate

ag ate /ǽɡət /名詞 1 U 〘鉱 〙めのう .2 C (めのう ガラス玉の )ビー玉 .3 C 〘印 〙アゲート 〘約5.5ポイントの活字 〙.