What is a tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing called?
agate — A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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