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Webster 1913 Edition


Gagate

Gag′ate

(?; 48)
,
Noun.
[L.
gagates
. See
Jet
a black mineral.]
Agate.
[Obs.]
Fuller.

Definition 2024


gagate

gagate

English

Noun

gagate

  1. (obsolete) agate
    • Thomas Fuller, The Church History of Britain
      Thus, as Pliny reporteth of the gagate-stone, that, set a-fire, it burneth more fiercely if water be cast on []


Italian

Noun

gagate f (plural gagati)

  1. (mineralogy) jet

Synonyms


Latin

Noun

gagātē

  1. ablative singular of gagātēs
  2. vocative singular of gagātēs