argent

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. The metal silver.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
3. The white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.
   countable, uncountable
4. silver
5. Whiteness; anything that is white.
   archaic, countable, poetic, uncountable
6. money, dough
7. A moth of the genus Argyresthia.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The metals are gold and silver, these being termed "or" and "argent".”

“In the chief (top) of the arms are three wheels argent symbolising railway locomotives and rolling stock⟳; […] The crest consists of a demi-lion rampant gules (red) holding between its paws a wheel argent similar to those included in the arms.”

“The polish'd argent of her breast.”

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