Part 622

<h1>Argal, Argali</h1> <Xpage=80>

<hw><hw>Ar"gal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Ar"ga*li</hw>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Mongolian.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A species of wild sheep (<spn>Ovis ammon</spn>, or <spn>O. argali</spn>), remarkable for its large horns. It inhabits the mountains of Siberia and central Asia.</def>

<note>&hand; The bearded argali is the aoudad. See <er>Aoudad</er>. The name is also applied to the bighorn sheep of the Rocky Mountains. See <er>Bighorn</er>.</note>

<h1>Argala</h1> <Xpage=80>

<hw>Ar"ga*la</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The adjutant bird.</def>

<h1>Argand lamp</h1> <Xpage=80>

<hw>Ar"gand lamp`</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <ety>[Named from the inventor, Aim\'82 <ets>Argand</ets> of Geneva.]</ety> <def>A lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney which allow a current of air both inside and outside of the flame.</def>

<cs><col>Argand burner</col>, <cd>a burner for an Argand lamp, or a gas burner in which the principle of that lamp is applied.</cd></cs>

<h1>Argas</h1> <Xpage=80>

<hw>Ar"gas</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. The famous Persian Argas, also called <i>Miana bug</i>, is <spn>A. Persicus</spn>; that of Central America, called <i>talaje</i> by the natives, is <spn>A. Talaje</spn>.</def>

<h1>Argean</h1> <Xpage=80>

<hw>Ar*ge"an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to the ship Argo. See <er>Argo</er>.</def>

<h1>Argent</h1> <Xpage=80>

<hw>Ar"gent</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>argent</ets>, fr. L. <ets>argentum</ets>, silver; akin to Gr. <?/ silver, <?/, <?/, white, bright, Skr. <ets>rajata</ets> white, silver, <ets>raj</ets> to shine, Ir. <ets>arg</ets> white, milk, <ets>airgiod</ets> silver, money, and L. <ets>arguere</ets> to make clear. See <er>Argue</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Silver, or money.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Fig. & Poet.)</fld> <def>Whiteness; anything that is white.</def>

<blockquote>The polished <b>argent</b> of her breast. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<i>Weale.</i>

<h1>Argent</h1> <Xpage=80>

<hw>Ar"gent</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Made of silver; of a silvery color; white; shining.</def>

<blockquote>Yonder <b>argent</b> fields above. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Argental</h1> <Xpage=80>

<hw>Ar*gen"tal</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to silver; resembling, containing, or combined with, silver.</def>

<h1>Argentan</h1> <Xpage=80>

<hw>Ar"gen*tan</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An alloy of nicked with copper and zinc; German silver.</def>

<h1>Argentate</h1> <Xpage=80>

<hw>Ar"gen*tate</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>argentatus</ets> silvered.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Silvery white.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>