the common French word for silver, of which metal all white fields or charges are supposed to consist. Argent of itself is used in heraldry to signify purity, innocence, beauty, and gentleness; and, according to G. Leigh, if it is compounded with

| Gul. | boldness | | Azu. | courtesy | | Ver. | virtue | | Pur. | favour | | Sab. | religion |