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Silver, or money.
Whiteness; anything that is white.
The white color in coats of arms, intended to represent silver, or, figuratively, purity, innocence, beauty, or gentleness; -- represented in engraving by a plain white surface.
Made of silver; of a silvery color; white; shining.
Of or pertaining to silver; resembling, containing, or combined with, silver.
An alloy of nickel with copper and zinc; German silver.
Silvery white.
A coating or overlaying with silver.
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, silver; -- said of certain compounds of silver in which this metal has its lowest proportion; as, argentic chloride.
Producing or containing silver; as, argentiferous lead ore or veins.
Of or pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South America.
A citizen of the Argentine Republic.
A fish of Europe (Maurolicus Pennantii) with silvery scales. The name is also applied to various fishes of the genus Argentina.
White metal coated with silver.
A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
Pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding like, silver; silvery.
Sulphide of silver; -- also called vitreous silver, or silver glance. It has a metallic luster, a lead-gray color, and is sectile like lead.
Of, pertaining to, or containing, silver; -- said of certain silver compounds in which silver has a higher proportion than in argentic compounds; as, argentous chloride.
Silver plate or vessels.
Clay, or potter's earth; sometimes pure clay, or alumina. See Clay.