These 16 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Argentine, Argentite, Arginuse.
a silvery-white slaty variety of calc-spar, containing a little silica with laminæ usually undulated. It is found in primitive rocks and frequently in metallic veins. Argentine is also the name of a small British fish (scopelus borealis), less than two inches long, and of a silvery color.
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sulphide of silver, a blackish or lead-gray mineral, a valuable ore of silver found in the crystalline rocks of many countries. ARGILLACEOUS ROCKS are rocks in which clay prevails (including shales and slates).
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A marvellous remedy for which the alchemists had a recipe. It was composed of sulphur, spirits of wine, and other ingredients, prepared according to specified direction, and was (if we credit these authorities) a sovereign remedy for all manner of ailments.
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a number of small islands S. E. of the coast of Lesbos, a province of Asia Minor. In the vicinity of these islands the Athenians, under Conon, 406 b. c., defeated the Spartans under Collicratidos in a hard contested naval battle.
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or ARGIGI, the inhabitants of Argos; used by Homer and other ancient authors as a generic appellation for all the Greeks.
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. See Argonauts
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the southern constellation of the Ship, containing 9 clusters, 3 nebulæ, 13 double and 540 single stars, of which about 64 are visible. ARGONNE (ar-gōn') a district of France, between the rivers Meuse, Marne, and Aisne, celebrated for the campaign of Dumouriez against the Prussians in 1792, and for the military movements and actions which took place therein previous to the battle of Sedan, in 1870. In the World War it was the scene of many struggles between the Germans and Allied forces. On Sept. 26, 1918, the First American Army began a great offensive movement west through the Argonne forest, advancing six miles on a 30-mile front, and capturing many towns and thousands of Germans. See MEUSE-ARGONNE, BATTLES OF.
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a salt deposited by wine on the inside of the bottles and barrels. It is dissolved more easily in water than in alcohol. It is mostly composed of potassic bitartrate, KHCH4O6, and contains varying quantities of calcic of tartrate, mucilaginous matter, and coloring, It may be purified in hot water, and clarified by adding clay, and recrystallizing. In repeating the process it a becomes white and is called cream of
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A flux made from impure cream of tartar or acid tartrate of potash, which constitutes the incrustation on the insides of wine casks. See FLUX.
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a peninsula of Greece; lies between the bays of Nauplia and Ægina, and now forms, with Corinth, a nomarchy or department. Argolis was the eastern region of Peloponnesus. The Greeks inhabiting it were often called Argives, or Argians. Hills and mountains alternate with fruitful plains and valleys. Here reigned Pelops, an emigrant from Asia Minor, from whom the peninsula derives its name. It was afterward the seat of government of Atreus and Agamemnon, Adrastus, Eurystheus, and Diomedes. Here, Hercules Herculerystheus, was born. In the morass of Argolis he slew the Lernæan hydra, and in the cave of Nemea subdued the ferocious lion. In the earliest times it was divided into the small kingdoms of Argos, Mycenæ, Tirinthus, Træzene, Hermione, and Epidaurus, which afterward formed free states. The chief city, Argos, has retained its name since 1800 b. c. Pop. about 9,000. Here, and in Delphi, statues were erected to the brothers Biton and Cleobis, who fell victims to their filial piety. Near this city lies the capital of Argolis, Nauplia, or Napoli di Romania. On the site of the present village of Castri, on the Ægean Sea, formerly lay the city Hermione, with a grove dedicated to the Graces: opposite is the island of Hydra. Near the city of Epidaurus, the watering place e of ancient Greece, on the Ægean Sea, Æsculapius had his temple. At Trezene, now the village of Damala, Theseus was born. Pop. of province of Argolis and Corinth about 160,000.
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one of the heroes who accompanied Jason in the ship "Argo" when he sailed on his mythic voyage in quest of the golden fleece. (Generally used in the plural, Argonauts.) The word is also applied to a genus of cephalopod mollusks, the typical one of the family argonautidæ. The best known species is the argonaut, or paper sailor.
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The Argonauts, those ancient heroes who went with Jason in the Argo to Colchis to recover the Golden Fleece , about seventy-nine years before the capture of Troy. The number of the Argonauts is not exactly known.
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a town of Greece, in the N. E. of the Peloponnesus, between the gulfs of Ægina and Nauplia or Argos. This town and the surrounding territory of Argolis were famous from the legendary period of the Greek history onward, the territory containing, besides Argos, Mycenæ, where Agamemnon ruled, with a kind of sovereignty, over all the Peloponnesus.
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a poetical name for a large merchant vessel; derived from Ragusa, a port which was formerly more celebrated than now.
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the jargon, slang, or peculiar phraseology of a class or profession; originally the conventional slang of thieves and vagabonds, invented for the purpose of disguise and concealment.
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or ARGUIN (ar-gwim' or ar-gwin'), a small island on the W. coast of Africa, not far from Cape Blanco, formerly a center of trade the profession of which was violently disputed between the Portuguese, Dutch, English, and French, and is now claimed by France. ARGUS. (1) In classical mythology, a son of Arestor, said to have had 100 eyes, of which only two slept at one time, the several pairs doing so in succession. When killed by Mercury his eyes were put into the tail of a peacock, by direction of Juno, to whom this bird was sacred. Argus was deemed a highly appropriate name to give to a vigilant watch dog. (2) In zoölogy, a genus of birds of the family phasianidæ, and the sub-family phasianinæ. It contains the argus, or argus pheasant (argus giganteus). The male measures between five and six feet from the tip of the bill to the extremity of the tail, and is an eminently beautiful bird, the quill-feathers of the wings, which often exceed three feet in length, being ornamented all along by a series of ocellated spots. The name Shetland argus is given to a starfish (astrophyton scutatum). It is called also the basket urchin or sea basket.
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