agatize
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of agatize
Example Sentences
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We dug up an agatized root and dragged it home.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2018
Men call it agatized wood, by a feeble effort to translate the mystery of its existence; but it is not wood, except to the eye.
From Mercy Philbrick's Choice by Jackson, Helen Hunt
The ruins of several ancient Indian pueblos are scattered about the park, nearly all of them built of logs of this richly colored, agatized wood.
From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Gilson, Jewett Castello
The agatized wood is sometimes known by the Indian name of shinarump.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
They last well, such people,--as well, almost, as agatized wood on museum shelves; and the most you can do for them is to keep them well dusted.
From Mercy Philbrick's Choice by Jackson, Helen Hunt
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