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gagates

gagates is the plural of gagate.

Meaning of gagate

Noun

gagate (countable and uncountable, plural gagates)

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

Questions about gagates

What is gagates the plural of?
Gagates is the plural of gagate.

Words near gagates in the dictionary

  1. gaga balls
  2. gagaku
  3. Gagan
  4. Gagarin
  5. gagate
  6. gagates
  7. Gagauz
  8. Gagauzes
  9. Gagauzia
  10. Gagauzian
  11. Gagauzians

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