gagate

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gagate

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From Latin gagātēs. Doublet of jet.

noun gagates

countable, obsolete, uncountable Agate. Thus, as Pliny reporteth of the gagate-stone, that, set a-fire, it burneth more fiercely if water be cast on […]

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@misc{gagate_2026,
  title = {gagate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gagate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}