Citations:agatewards

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English citations of agatewards

Adverb: "(obsolete) Agate; on the way; agoing; (more strictly) towards a gate."

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1895
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  • 1895 June, Alice Morse Earle, “A Baptist Preacher and Soldier of the Last Century”, in The New England Magazine, volume XII, number 4, page 409:
    They were attended part of the way by a dozen friends and neighbors, who, as was the universal and cordial custom of the time, thus accompanied all guests and travellers "agatewards" to speed the parting guest.
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