argentry

English

Etymology

From French argenterie, from argent (“silver”), from Latin argentum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒəntɹi/

Noun

argentry (uncountable)

(obsolete) Silver plate or vessels.
- 1655, James Howell, “The Vote”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC:
  bowls of frosted argentry

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “argentry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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