Argas
(||Ar"gas) n. A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. The famous Persian
Argas, also called Miana bug, is A. Persicus; that of Central America, called talaje by the natives, is
A. Talaje.
Argean
(Ar*ge"an) a. Pertaining to the ship Argo. See Argo.
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.
Argent
(Ar"gent), a. Made of silver; of a silvery color; white; shining.
Yonder argent fields above.
Pope.
Argental
(Ar*gen"tal) a. Of or pertaining to silver; resembling, containing, or combined with, silver.
Argentan
(Ar"gen*tan), n. An alloy of nickel with copper and zinc; German silver.
Argentate
(Ar"gen*tate), a. [L. argentatus silvered.] (Bot.) Silvery white. Gray.
Argentation
(Ar`gen*ta"tion), n. [L. argentare to silver, fr. argentum silver. See Argent.] A coating or
overlaying with silver. [R.] Johnson.
Argentic
(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.
Argentiferous
(Ar`gen*tif"er*ous) a. [L. argentum silver + -ferous: cf. F. argentifère.] Producing or containing
silver; as, argentiferous lead ore or veins.
Argentine
(Ar"gen*tine) 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.
