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countable and uncountable, plural argents
(archaic) The metal silver.
(heraldry) The white or silver tincture on a coat of arms. quotations examples
The metals are gold and silver, these being termed "or" and "argent".
1909, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry
(obsolete, poetic) Whiteness; anything that is white. quotations
The polish'd argent of her breast.
1842, Alfred Tennyson, “A Dream of Fair Women”, in Poems. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Edward Moxon, […]
A moth of the genus Argyresthia. examples
not comparable
Of silver or silver-coloured. quotations examples
Or ask of yonder argent fields above, / Why Jove's Satellites are leſs than Jove?
1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], epistle I, London: Printed for J[ohn] Wilford, […], page 5, lines 49–50
(heraldry) : of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms. quotations examples
... when the shield is argent, it is shown in an engraving by being left plain.
1889, Charles Norton Elvin, A Dictionary of Heraldry