on the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate.-a semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.-a kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in england called ruby.-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.