agate
noun (agate, agates)
Everyday
A hard, smooth stone with bands of colour, a kind of quartz, used in jewellery and as a precious stone. tree →
In the lessons
in tales, a precious stone used to decorate a grand palace or gate
Examples
- The gate was formed of a single agate. tree →
- Build me a palace set with jasper and agate. tree →
- She wore a ring of red agate. tree →
Note
nothing for maths
In Jewish tradition
It is one of the twelve stones in the High Priest's breastplate, in the third row.
Interpretation. Tradition says each stone stood for one of the twelve tribes, with the tribe's name engraved on it.
Examples
- and the third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; (Torah EXO.28.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst. (Torah EXO.39.12, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
nothing for maths
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «agate» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «agate» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «agate» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «agate» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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