MOSS AGATE

Meaning of MOSS AGATE in English

a kind of agate or chalcedony containing brown or black mosslike dendritic markings from various impurities.

[ 1790-1800 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

MOSS AGATE — noun Date: 1798 an agate mineral containing brown, black, or green mosslike or dendritic markings
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MOSS AGATE — noun : a mineral consisting of agate containing brown, black, or green mosslike or dendritic markings due in part to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOSS AGATE — Date: 1798 : an agate mineral containing brown, black, or green mosslike or dendritic markings
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOSS AGATE — Function: noun Date: 1798 : an agate mineral containing brown, black, or green mosslike or dendritic markings
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MOSS AGATE — ■ noun agate with moss-like dendritic markings.
Concise Oxford English vocab
MOSS AGATE — [moss agate] n (1798): an agate mineral containing brown, black, or green mosslike or dendritic markings
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MOSS AGATE — also called mocha stone grayish to milky-white agate (q.v.), a variety of the silica mineral quartz that contains opaque, dark-coloured …
Britannica English vocabulary
MOSS-AGATE — n. Mocha-stone.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
AGATE — agate
English interlingue dictionary
AGATE — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle French, from Latin achates, from Greek achatēs Date: 1570 a fine-grained variegated chalcedony having …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MOSS — I Any of at least 12,000 species of small, spore-bearing land plants in the bryophyte division, found worldwide except in …
Английский словарь Британика
AGATE — Common, semiprecious silica mineral, a variety of chalcedony that occurs in bands of varying colour and transparency. Varieties are characterized …
Английский словарь Британика
MOSS — I. ˈmȯs also ˈmäs noun ( -es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English mos, moss, from Old English mōs; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AGATE — I. ˈagə̇t, ˈaig- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French, from Latin achates, from Greek achatēs 1. : a fine-grained …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOSS — (v. t.) To cover or overgrow with moss.
Английский словарь Webster
AGATE — (n.) A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.
Английский словарь Webster
AGATE — (n.) A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
Английский словарь Webster
AGATE — (n.) A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby.
Английский словарь Webster
AGATE — (n.) A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in …
Английский словарь Webster
AGATE — (adv.) On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate.
Английский словарь Webster
MOSS — ( v. t. ) To cover or overgrow with moss.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AGATE — ( n. ) A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AGATE — ( n. ) A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AGATE — ( n. ) A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AGATE — ( adv. ) On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MOSS — — mosslike , adj. /maws, mos/ , n. 1. any tiny, leafy-stemmed, flowerless plant of the class Musci, reproducing by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOSS
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AGATE — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle French, from Latin achates, from Greek achatēs Date: 1570 1. : a fine-grained variegated …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOSS — vt to cover or overgrow with moss. 2. moss ·noun a bog; a morass; a place containing peat; as, the …
Webster English vocab
AGATE — adv on the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate. 2. agate ·noun a kind of …
Webster English vocab
MOSS
Merriam-Webster English vocab
AGATE — [ag.ate] n, often attrib [MF, fr. L achates, fr. Gk achates] (1570) 1: a fine-grained variegated chalcedony having its colors …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MOSS — (class Bryopsida, or Musci), any of at least 10,000 species of small, spore-bearing land plants (division Bryophyta) distributed throughout the …
Britannica English vocabulary
AGATE — common semiprecious silica mineral, a variety of chalcedony (q.v.) that occurs in bands of varying colour and transparency. Agate is …
Britannica English vocabulary
MOSS — town, port, and seat of stfold fylke (county), southeastern Norway, on the eastern shore of Oslo Fjord. Founded in the …
Britannica English vocabulary
MOSS — moss, Moss BrE AmE mɒs AmE mɔːs mɑːs ▷ mosses ˈmɒs ɪz -əz AmE ˈmɔːs əz ˈmɑːs-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
AGATE — Agate family name (i) BrE AmE ˈæɡ ət , (ii) BrE AmE ˈeɪɡ ət
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
AGATE — agate BrE AmE ˈæɡ ət -ɪt
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MOSS — / mɒs; NAmE mɔːs/ noun [ U , C ] a very small green or yellow plant without flowers that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOSS — Moss, Kate /keɪt/ BrE AmE (1974–) a famous British model. She is well-known for being very thin. She has also …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOSS — moss /mɒs $ mɒːs/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: mos 'wet ground' ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOSS — n. & v. --n. 1 any small cryptogamous plant of the class Musci, growing in dense clusters on the surface …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AGATE — n. 1 any of several varieties of hard usu. streaked chalcedony. 2 a coloured toy marble resembling this. [F agate, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MOSS — n. & v. n. 1 any small cryptogamous plant of the class Musci, growing in dense clusters on the surface …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AGATE — n. 1 any of several varieties of hard usu. streaked chalcedony. 2 a coloured toy marble resembling this. [ F …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MOSS — n. & v. --n. 1. any small cryptogamous plant of the class Musci, growing in dense clusters on the surface …
Oxford English vocab
AGATE — n.1 any of several varieties of hard usu. streaked chalcedony. 2 a coloured toy marble resembling this. Etymology: F agate, …
Oxford English vocab
MOSS — ( mosses) Moss is a very small soft green plant which grows on damp soil, or on wood or stone. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AGATE — ( agates) Agate is a very hard stone which is used to make jewellery. N-VAR
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOSS — (~es) Moss is a very small soft green plant which grows on damp soil, or on wood or stone. ...ground …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
AGATE — (~s) Agate is a very hard stone which is used to make jewellery. N-VAR
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
MOSS — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE green ▪ They were green with moss , red with rust. ▪ And the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AGATE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Beneath her flat furry belly the big shallow stones had the marble veining of agate …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOSS — [noun] [U] - a very small green or yellow plant that grows esp. in wet earth or on rocks, walls …
Cambridge English vocab
MOSS — n. club moss Hart Moss Moss Stirling peat moss sphagnum moss Spanish moss
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MOSS — n. Any of at least 12,000 species of small, spore-bearing land plants in the bryophyte division, found worldwide except in …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
AGATE — n. Common, semiprecious silica mineral, a variety of chalcedony that occurs in bands of varying colour and transparency. Varieties are …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MOSS
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MOSS — See: ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS.
Slang English vocab
MOSS — See: ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS.
Словарь английских идиом
AGATE — a beautifully-veined semi-transparent precious stone, a variety of quartz. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands or blended …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
MOSS — MOSS ( MIME Object Security Services ) A protocol for exchanging digitally signed and/or encrypted mail
Internet Terms and Acronyms English vocab
AGATE — сущ. 1) минер. агат 2) полигр. амер. агат (шрифт размером в 51/2 пунктов) (минералогия) агат полировальный материал из агата "агат", …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MOSS — moss.ogg 1. mɒs n 1. бот. мох ( Muscus ) 2. разг. плаун; лишайник 3. диал. (торфяное) болото a rolling …
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