gagate

See also: gågate

English

Etymology

From Latin gagātēs. Doublet of jet.

Noun

gagate (countable and uncountable, plural gagates)

  1. (obsolete) agate
    gagate
    gagate
    gagate
    • 1655, Thomas Fuller, edited by James Nichols, The Church History of Britain, […], new edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [James Nichols] for Thomas Tegg and Son, […], published 1837, →OCLC:
      Thus, as Pliny reporteth of the gagate-stone, that, set a-fire, it burneth more fiercely if water be cast on […]
      The spelling has been modernized.

References

Italian

Noun

gagate f (plural gagati)

  1. (mineralogy) jet
    Synonym: giaietto

Further reading
  • gagate in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

gagātē

  1. ablative/vocative singular of gagātēs
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