See Also: reinoculation(medicine)

argent (iou) and reinoculation (medicine)


argent (iou)



argent noun & adjective. LME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin argentum silver.]
A. noun.
Silver coin; money, cash. LME-M18.
The metal silver. Now arch. & poet. M16.
Heraldry. The tincture silver or white in armorial bearings. M16.
b. adjective. Chiefly Heraldry. Silver, white. L15.
W. de la Mare Wan as the argent moon. T. H. White The cognizance was argent, a tall cross gules.
argen'tiferous adjective yielding silver L18.
argentry noun (rare) silver plate E17.

reinoculation (medicine)


reinoculation
Reinfection by means of inoculation.