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n.) A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.

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	n.) A ~~tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.~~; -- so called ~~from~~ the agate ~~fixed in it~~ for ~~burnishing~~.		n.) A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.