English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of Agate

agate

/noun/ सुलेमानी पत्थर; गोमेद; एगेट; अक़ीक;

Synonym sardonyx;

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English Dictionary:

1. Agate

[adv.]

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

2. Agate

[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.
- A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby.
- A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
- A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.