Noah Webster
Argentina
ARGENTI'NA,
'ARGENTINE, noun In ichthyology, a genus of fishes of the order of abdominals.
Argentina is also a name of the wild tansy, silver-weed.
'ARGENTINE, adjective Like silver; pertaining to silver, or sounding like it.
'ARGENTINE, noun In mineralogy, a subspecies of carbonate of lime, nearly pure; a mineral of a lamellated or slaty structure; its lamens usually curved or undulated; its surface is shining, or of a pearly luster. It is found in primitive rocks, and frequently in metallic veins.