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3. (Her.) 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. Weale.

Ar"gent, a. Made of silver; of a silvery color; white; shining.

Yonder argent fields above. Pope.

Ar*gen"tal (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to silver; resembling, containing, or combined with, silver.

Ar"gen*tan, n. An alloy of nickel with copper and zinc; German silver.

Ar"gen*tate, a. [L. argentatus silvered.] (Bot.) Silvery white. Gray.

Ar`gen*ta"tion, n. [L. argentare to silver, fr. argentum silver. See Argent.] A coating or overlaying with silver. [R.] Johnson.

Ar*gen"tic (&?;), 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.

Ar`gen*tif"er*ous (&?;), a. [L. argentum silver + -ferous: cf. F. argentifère.] Producing or containing silver; as, argentiferous lead ore or veins.

Ar"gen*tine (?; in the 2d sense, commonly ?), a. 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding like, silver; silvery.

Celestial Dian, goddess argentine. Shak.

2. Of or pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South America.

Ar"gen*tine, 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.

2. White metal coated with silver. Simmonds.

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

4. A citizen of the Argentine Republic.

Ar"gen*tite (&?;), 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.

Ar*gen"tous (&?;), 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.

Ar"gent*ry (&?;), n. [F. argenterie, fr. argent silver, L. argentum.] Silver plate or vessels. [Obs.]

Bowls of frosted argentry. Howell.

Ar"gil (&?;), n. [F. argile, L. argilla white clay, akin to Gr. &?; or &?; argil, &?; white. See Argent.] (Min.) Clay, or potter's earth; sometimes pure clay, or alumina. See Clay.

Ar`gil*la"ceous (&?;), a. [L. argillaceus, fr. argilla.] Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or clay; clayey.

Argillaceous sandstone (Geol.), a sandstone containing much clay. -- Argillaceous iron ore, the clay ironstone. -- Argillaceous schist or state. See Argillite.

Ar`gil*lif"er*ous (&?;), a. [L. argilla white clay + -ferous.] Producing clay; -- applied to such earths as abound with argil. Kirwan.

Ar"gil*lite (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; clay + - lite.] (Min.) Argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc. -- Ar`gil*lit"ic, a.

Ar*gil`lo-are`e*na"ceous (&?;), a. Consisting of, or containing, clay and sand, as a soil.

Ar*gil`lo-cal*ca"re*ous (&?;), a. Consisting of, or containing, clay and calcareous earth.

Ar*gil`lo-fer*ru"gi*nous (&?;), a. Containing clay and iron.