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Argentry

Argentry \Ar"gent*ry\, n. [F. argenterie, fr. argent silver, L. argentum.] Silver plate or vessels. [Obs.]

Bowls of frosted argentry.
--Howell.

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argentry

n. (context obsolete English) silver plate or vessels.

Usage examples of "argentry".

His meditations, as he walked homeward that evening, had been splendidly replete with the shining of costly metals, with coins and ingots and gold-work and argentry, and the flaming or sparkling of many-tinted gems in rills, rivers and cascades, all flowing toward the coffers of Avoosl Wuthoqquan.