Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Argent"
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
argent
adj : lustrous gray; covered with or tinged with the color of
silver; "silvery hair [syn: {silver}, {silvery}, {silverish}]
n : a metal tincture used in heraldry to give a silvery
appearance
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