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Ar"gen*tine (?; in the 2d sense, commonly ?), a. 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding like, silver; silvery.
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Celestial Dian, goddess argentine. Shak.
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2. Of or pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South America.
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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.
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2. White metal coated with silver. Simmonds.
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3. (Zo&ö;l.) A fish of Europe (Maurolicus Pennantii) with silvery scales. The name is also applied to various fishes of the genus Argentina.
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4. A citizen of the Argentine Republic; an Argentinian.
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5. Argentina; in this sense, usually preceded by the.
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