agates is a form of:

Agate



noun
1.
(a precious stone. child's playing marble made to, look like this mater) ថ្មកែវ, របស់ធ្វើដោយថ្មកែវ, ថ្មម៉ាប
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.
2.
A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby.
3.
A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
4.
A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.
adverb
1.
On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate.