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   Argentine (?; 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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   Argentine, 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. (Zool.) 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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