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, (please specify |book=I to XI):
- 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
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