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Webster 1913 Edition
Argent
Ar′gent
,Noun.
[F.
argent
, fr. L. argentum
, silver; akin to Gr. ἄργυροσ
silver, ἀργός
, ἀργής
, white, bright, Skr. rajata
white, silver, raj
to shine, Ir. arg
white, milk, airgiod
silver, money, and L. arguere
to make clear. See Argue
.] 1.
Silver, or money.
[Archaic]
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
,Adj.
Made of silver; of a silvery color; white; shining.
Yonder
argent
fields above. Pope.
Webster 1828 Edition
Argent
'ARGENT
,Noun.
1.
The white color in coats of arms, intended to represent silver, or purity, innocence, beauty, or gentleness.2.
a. Silvery; of a pale white, like silver.3.
a. Bright.Ask of yonder argent fields above.