gagate

See also: gågate

English

Etymology

From Latin gagātēs. Doublet of jet.

Noun

gagate (countable and uncountable, plural gagates)

(obsolete) Agate.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC:
  Thus, as Pliny reporteth of the gagate-stone, that, set a-fire, it burneth more fiercely if water be cast on […]

References

“gagate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Noun

gagate f (plural gagati)

(mineralogy) jet
Synonym: giaietto

Further reading

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

Latin

Noun

gagātē

ablative/vocative singular of gagātēs

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