† ˈphassachate Obs.
[ad. mod.L. phassachātēs, f. Gr. ϕάσσα ring-dove, cushat + ἀχάτης agate.]
The lead-coloured agate.
| [1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp., Phassachates, in the natural history of the antients, the name of a species of agate.] 1828 Webster, Phassachate. Hence in mod. Dicts. |