Search the Dictionary

Argillaceous; clayey. Sir T. Browne.

Of or performance to Argos, the capital of Argolis in Greece. -- n.

The name of the ship which carried Jason and his fifty-four companions to Colchis, in quest of the Golden Fleece.

Pertaining to the ship Argo.

Potter's clay. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Crude tartar; an acidulous salt from which cream of tartar is prepared. It exists in the juice of grapes, and is deposited from wines on the sides of the casks. Ure.

Pertaining to Argolis, a district in the Peloponnesus.

A substance regarded as an element, contained in the atmosphere and remarkable for its chemical inertness. Rayleigh and Ramsay.

Any one of the legendary Greek heroes who sailed with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the Golden Fleece.

A genus of Cephalopoda. The shell is called paper nautilus or paper sailor.

Of or pertaining to the Argonauts.

A large ship, esp. a merchant vessel of the largest size. Where your argosies with portly sail . . . Do overpeer the petty traffickers. Shak.

A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps, and vagabonds; flash.

Capable of being argued; admitting of debate.

vent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason. I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will. Milton.

One who argues; a reasoner; a disputant.

To argue pertinaciously. [Colloq.] Halliwell.

A genus of copepod Crustacea, parasitic of fishes; a fish louse. See Branchiura.

Proof; evidence. [Obs.] There is.. no more palpable and convincing argument of the existence of a Deity. Ray. Why, then, is it made a badge of wit and an argument of parts for a man to commence atheist, and to cast off all belief of providence, all awe and reverence for religion South.

Admitting of argument. [R.] Chalmers.