argent(n = noun.substance) - a metal tincture used in heraldry to give a silvery appearance;
is a kind of tincture
Derived form adjective argent₁

   argent(s = adj.all) silver, silverish, silvery - of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver; "silvery hair"
Derived form noun argent₁

1.  Silver, or money. [1913 Webster]

2.  Whiteness; anything that is white. [1913 Webster]
"The polished argent of her breast." [1913 Webster]

3.  The white color in coats of arms, intended to represent silver, or, figuratively, purity, innocence, beauty, or gentleness; -- represented in engraving by a plain white surface. Weale. [1913 Webster]

   Made of silver; of a silvery color; white; shining. [1913 Webster]
"Yonder argent fields above." [1913 Webster]

argent, n. & adj. Heraldry silver; silvery white.

Etymology:
F f. L argentum

N  whiteness, argent, albification, etiolation, lactescence, snow, paper, chalk, milk, lily, ivory, alabaster, albata, eburin, German silver, white metal, barium sulphate, titanium oxide, blanc fixe, ceruse, pearl white, white lead, carbonate of lead, white, milk-white, snow-white, snowy, niveous, candid, chalky, hoar, hoary, silvery, argent, argentine, canescent, cretaceous, lactescent, whitish, creamy, pearly, fair, blond, blanched, high in tone, light, white as a sheet, white as driven snow, white as a lily, white as silver, like ivory, whiteness, argent, albification, etiolation, lactescence, snow, paper, chalk, milk, lily, ivory, alabaster, albata, eburin, German silver, white metal, barium sulphate, titanium oxide, blanc fixe, ceruse, pearl white, white lead, carbonate of lead, white, milk-white, snow-white, snowy, niveous, candid, chalky, hoar, hoary, silvery, argent, argentine, canescent, cretaceous, lactescent, whitish, creamy, pearly, fair, blond, blanched, high in tone, light, white as a sheet, white as driven snow, white as a lily, white as silver, like ivory.