A metal tincture used in heraldry to give a silvery appearance.

Roget 430: whiteness etc. adj.; argent.    albification^†, etiolation; lactescence^†.    snow, paper, chalk, milk, lily, ivory, alabaster; albata^†, eburin^†, German silver, white metal, barium sulphate [Chem], titanium oxide, blanc fixe [Fr.], ceruse^†, pearl white; white lead, carbonate of lead.    ... show more

Dutch: zilver

Of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver.

synonyms: silver, silverish, silvery.

Roget 430: white; milk-white, snow-white; snowy; niveous^†, candid, chalky; hoar, hoary; silvery; argent, argentine; canescent^†, cretaceous, lactescent^†.    whitish, creamy, pearly, fair, blond; blanched etc. v.; high in tone, light.    white as a sheet, white as driven snow, white as a lily, white as silver; like ivory etc. n.. ... show more