Agate
Part of speech: adverb
Definition: On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds. A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby. A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals. A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.;—so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.
Sardonyx
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A gemstone having bands of red sard; a variety of onyx or chalcedony.