Defn: Having to stomach, or distinct digestive canal, as the tapeworm.
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.