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.
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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.
2. White metal coated with silver.
Simmonds.
3. Zool. 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.
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