2 entries under this word

Argentine

Är'gen-tīne, a.

adjective

(Synop., § 130), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, silver, or sounding like it; silvery. “Celestial Dian, goddess argentine.” Shak.

noun

n. [Fr. argentin, from Lat. argentum, silver.]

(Min.) A silicious variety of carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure. Dana.
White metal coated with silver. Simmonds.