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1.nounA semi-pellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.
2.nounThe size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5 1/2-point.
3.nounOne fourteenth of an inch
4.nounA diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
5.nounA tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.;—so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.
6.nounA marble made from agate.
7.noun(usually in the plural) A testicle.