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▪ I. † ˈargot1 Obs.
Also argo.
[a. F. argot ‘the Spurre of a Cocke..the heele or talon of a hog’ (Cotgr.), mod. ergot; origin unknown. Cf. ergot.]
a. The spur of a cock; the similarly-situated excrescence on the feet of other animals.
b. A spur left in pruning a tree.
c1400MS. Maystre of Game (Halliw.) More gret argos then hath an hynde. 1693Evelyn De la Quint. Compl. Gard. II. 38 Argot..the Old Extremity of a Branch which has been formerly shorten'd at some distance from the Eye. 1708Phil. Trans. XXVI. 79 Plectronites, the Argot, or Cockspur Ichthyodont.
▪ II. ‖ argot2|argo|
[Fr. Of unknown origin.]
The jargon, slang, or peculiar phraseology of a class, orig. that of thieves and rogues.
1860Farrar Orig. Lang. vi. 134 Leaves an uninviting argot in the place of warm and glowing speech. 1869― Fam. Speech ii. (1873) 78 The argots of nearly every nation. |