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A large constellation in the southern hemisphere, called also Argo Navis. In modern astronomy it is replaced by its three divisions, Carina, Puppis, and Vela.

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.

A sort of cake or sausage, made of the salted roes of the mullet, much used on the coast of the Mediterranean as an incentive to drink.

sel; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load; freight. Cargoes of food or clothing. E. Everett.

A species of grebe (Podiceps crisratus); the crested grebe.

To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods.

A distemper in swine; garget. Mortimer.

A water cooler or jug with a handle and spout; a gurglet. Mollett.

A spout projecting from the roof gutter of a building, often carved grotesquely. [Written also gargle, gargyle, and gurgoyle.]

A compound of the bichloride of mercury with another chloride. [Obs.]

See Embargo.