argentry

From French argenterie, from argent (“silver”), from Latin argentum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒəntɹi/

argentry (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Silver material, or silverness in color.
   • 1655, James Howell, “The Vote”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC:

     bowls of frosted argentry

• “argentry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.