Argent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Argent	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
argent adj of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver; "silvery hair" Synonym(s): argent, silver, silvery, silverish n a metal tincture used in heraldry to give a silvery appearance
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Argent \Ar"gent\, n. [F. argent, fr. L. argentum, silver; akin to Gr. 'a`rgyros silver, 'argo`s, 'argh`s, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Argent \Ar"gent\, a. Made of silver; of a silvery color; white; shining. Yonder argent fields above. --Pope.