2. (Fig. & Poet.) Whiteness; anything that is white.

The polished argent of her breast.

Tennyson.

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.

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