\Ach"ate\, n. An agate. [Obs.] --Evelyn.
\A*chate"\, n. [F. achat purchase. See {Cates}.] 1. Purchase; bargaining. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. pl. Provisions. Same as {Cates}. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary