English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Argent
(n.)
Silver, or money.
Argent
(n.)
Whiteness; anything that is white.
Argent
(n.)
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.
Argent
(a.)
Made of silver; of a silvery color; white; shining.
Argental
(a.)
Of or pertaining to silver; resembling, containing, or
combined with, silver.
Argentan
(n.)
An alloy of nickel with copper and zinc; German silver.
Argentate
(a.)
Silvery white.
Argentation
(n.)
A coating or overlaying with silver.
Argentic
(a.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, silver; --
said of certain compounds of silver in which this metal has its lowest
proportion; as, argentic chloride.
Argentiferous
(a.)
Producing or containing silver; as, argentiferous
lead ore or veins.
Argentine
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South
America.
Argentine
(n.)
A citizen of the Argentine Republic.
Argentine
(n.)
A fish of Europe (Maurolicus Pennantii) with silvery
scales. The name is also applied to various fishes of the genus
Argentina.
Argentine
(n.)
White metal coated with silver.
Argentine
(n.)
A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime,
having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar
structure.
Argentine
(a.)
Pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or
sounding like, silver; silvery.
Argentite
(n.)
Sulphide of silver; -- also called vitreous silver, or
silver glance. It has a metallic luster, a lead-gray color, and is
sectile like lead.
Argentous
(a.)
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.
Argentry
(n.)
Silver plate or vessels.
Argil
(n.)
Clay, or potter's earth; sometimes pure clay, or alumina.
See Clay.