*argent*

a. Made of silver; of a silvery color; white; shining. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yonder argent fields above. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to silver; resembling, containing, or combined with, silver. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL.; L. argentum silver + E. aluminium. ] A (patented) alloy of aluminium and silver, with a density of about 2.9. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. An alloy of nickel with copper and zinc; German silver. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. argentatus silvered. ] (Bot.) Silvery white. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. argentare to silver, fr. argentum silver. See Argent. ] A coating or overlaying with silver. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, silver; -- said of certain compounds of silver in which this metal has its lowest proportion; as, argentic chloride. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. argentum silver + -ferous: cf. F. argentifère. ] Producing or containing silver; as, argentiferous lead ore or veins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a country in South America, bordering Chile and Bolivia.
Syn. -- the Argentine [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. 1 type genus of the Argentinidae: argentines.
Syn. -- genus Argentina [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding like, silver; silvery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Celestial Dian, goddess argentine. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South America. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. argentin, fr. L. argentum silver. ] 1. (Min.) A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. White metal coated with silver. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A fish of Europe (Maurolicus Pennantii) with silvery scales. The name is also applied to various fishes of the genus Argentina. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A citizen of the Argentine Republic; an Argentinian. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Argentina; in this sense, usually preceded by the. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to Argentina or its inhabitants. Argentinian tago
Syn. -- Argentine [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a native or inhabitant of Argentina. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a family of small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies; related to salmons and trouts.
Syn. -- family Argentinidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. argentum silver. ] (Min.) Sulphide of silver; -- also called vitreous silver, or silver glance. It has a metallic luster, a lead-gray color, and is sectile like lead. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. argenterie, fr. argent silver, L. argentum. ] Silver plate or vessels. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Bowls of frosted argentry. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To enter or note down upon the margin of a page; to margin. [ Obs. ] Mir. for Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. See Margin. ] A margin; border; brink; edge. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The beached margent of the sea. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. Also }. [ L. argentum silver + E. amine. ] (Med.) A solution of silver phosphate in an aqueous solution of ethylene diamine, used as an antiseptic astringent and as a disinfectant. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]