AGATES
7
Scrabble
8
WWF
A(1) G(2) A(1) T(1) E(1) S(1)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
noun
- A 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.
- The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5 1/2-point.
- One fourteenth of an inch
- A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
- A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.;—so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.
Source: Wiktionary
