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Argentine \Ar"gen*tine\ (?; in the 2d sense, commonly ?), 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Argentine \Ar"gen*tine\, n. [Cf. F. argentin, fr. L. argentum silver.]

1. (Min.) A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.

2. White metal coated with silver. --Simmonds.

3. (Zo["o]l.) A fish of Europe (Maurolicus Pennantii) with silvery scales. The name is also applied to various fishes of the genus Argentina.

4. A citizen of the Argentine Republic.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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