gagate
See also: gågate
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin gagātēs. Doublet of jet.
Noun edit
gagate (countable and uncountable, plural gagates)
- (obsolete) Agate.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC:
- Thus, as Pliny reporteth of the gagate-stone, that, set a-fire, it burneth more fiercely if water be cast on […]
References edit
- “gagate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Italian edit
Noun edit
gagate f (plural gagati)
- (mineralogy) jet
- Synonym: giaietto
Further reading edit
- gagate in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin edit
Noun edit
gagātē