What does "argent" mean?
Argent: (Fig. & Poet.) Whiteness; anything that is white. The polished argent of her breast. Tennyson.
Additional senses
- 2.(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.
- 3.Made of silver; of a silvery color; white; shining. Yonder argent fields above. Pope.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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