† gagaten.

Forms: Also Old English, 1500s–1600s gagates, Middle English gogathes.

Etymology: < Latin gagātes, Greek γαγάτης, said by Pliny to be derived from the name of the town Gagæ and river Gages in Lycia. An Old French form of the word has passed into English as jet n.² and adj.

Obsolete.

1. Jet.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > jet > [noun]

gagatec900

jeta1398

nigera1500

jet stone?1545

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [noun] > coal > lignite > jet

gagatec900

jeta1398

agate?1483

jet stone?1545

black amber1658

c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) i. i. 26 Her biþ eac gemeted gagates: se stan biþ blæc gym.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 337 Þere is i-founde a stoon þat hatte gogathes [v.r. gagates].

14.. Med. Receipts in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 53 Tak a stane that es called a gagate.

1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 290 Tile-stones, Gagate, Aumber.

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 8 Gagates is of the precious sort also, which was first found in Sicilie in a certain floud called Gagatus.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 40/2 The Gagate..of which there are two kinds, the one russet colour and the other black.

1709 Brit. Apollo 26–28 Jan. Gagates kindle in Water.

2. Sometimes confused with agate n. (achates).

ΚΠ

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Yorks. 185 The Agate, vastly distinct from Geat, is also named Gagates.

3. attributive, in gagate stone.

ΚΠ

1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) ix. xlvii. 222 Tush, in those times weare no such toyes as Gagate stones to trie, By foysting them in Potions, if a Maide had trode awrie.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	gagate
释义	† gagaten. Forms: Also Old English, 1500s–1600s gagates, Middle English gogathes. Etymology: < Latin gagātes, Greek γαγάτης, said by Pliny to be derived from the name of the town Gagæ and river Gages in Lycia. An Old French form of the word has passed into English as jet n.² and adj. Obsolete. 1. Jet. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > jet > [noun] gagatec900 jeta1398 nigera1500 jet stone?1545 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [noun] > coal > lignite > jet gagatec900 jeta1398 agate?1483 jet stone?1545 black amber1658 c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) i. i. 26 Her biþ eac gemeted gagates: se stan biþ blæc gym. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 337 Þere is i-founde a stoon þat hatte gogathes [v.r. gagates]. 14.. Med. Receipts in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 53 Tak a stane that es called a gagate. 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 290 Tile-stones, Gagate, Aumber. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 8 Gagates is of the precious sort also, which was first found in Sicilie in a certain floud called Gagatus. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 40/2 The Gagate..of which there are two kinds, the one russet colour and the other black. 1709 Brit. Apollo 26–28 Jan. Gagates kindle in Water. 2. Sometimes confused with agate n. (achates). ΚΠ a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Yorks. 185 The Agate, vastly distinct from Geat, is also named Gagates. 3. attributive, in gagate stone. ΚΠ 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) ix. xlvii. 222 Tush, in those times weare no such toyes as Gagate stones to trie, By foysting them in Potions, if a Maide had trode awrie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c900
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