Meanings
noungagate (countable and uncountable, plural gagates)
plural gagates
- countableobsoleteuncountableAgate.
Thus, as Pliny reporteth of the gagate-stone, that, set a-fire, it burneth more fiercely if water be cast on […]
1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)
Origin
- Latingagātēs
- Englishgagate
From Latin gagātēs. Doublet of jet.
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gagate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gagate
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gagate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gagate.
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