Argent, the French word for silver, is always used in English heraldry to signify that metal. In engraving shields, it is left white.
Argent
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 401
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Argent, the French word for silver, is always used in English heraldry to signify that metal. In engraving shields, it is left white.