agate : Idioms & Phrases

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agate line

  • noun space for one line of print (one column wide and 1/14 inch deep) used to measure advertising
    line.
WordNet

Eye agate

  • a kind of circle agate, the central part of which are of deeper tints than the rest of the mass. Brande & C.
Webster 1913

Fortification agate

  • Scotch pebble.
Webster 1913

Moss agate

  • noun an agate resembling moss with brown, black, or green markings
WordNet
  • (Min.), a variety of agate, containing brown, black, or green mosslike or dendritic markings, due in part to oxide of manganese. Called also Mocha stone.
Webster 1913