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Definition of Argal
1. Noun. Wild sheep of semidesert regions in central Asia.
Definition of Argal
1. n. Crude tartar. See Argol.
2. adv. A ludicrous corruption of the Latin word ergo, therefore.
3. n. A species of wild sheep (Ovis ammon, or O. argali), remarkable for its large horns. It inhabits the mountains of Siberia and central Asia.
Definition of Argal
1. Adverb. thus, therefore ¹
2. Noun. crude tartar. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Argal
1. argol [n -S] - See also: argol
Lexicographical Neighbors of Argal
Literary usage of Argal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Collection of the Chronicles and Ancient Histories of Great Britain, Now by Jehan de Wavrin, William Hardy (1864)
"argal, who was the next eldest to him, obtained the kingdom of Britain ...
argal, who was deposed, as you have heard, made earnest solicitation far and near ..."
2. American Biography: Or, An Historical Account of Those Persons who Have Been by Jeremy Belknap (1798)
"WE have no account of Gapt argal Before the year 1-609, when he came to Virginia,
... Certainly it was before argal was made Dtp-. uty-Governor, in 1617, ..."
3. The History of the United States of North America: From the Plantation of by James Grahame (1836)
"Indian Chief's Daughter seized by argal—married to Rolfe.—Right of private Property
in Land ... Expedition of argal against Port Royal and New York. ..."
4. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"... (Rough List). argal, therefore. Hamlet, v. 1. 21. A clown's substitution for L.
ergo, therefore. argent, silver ; hence, money. ..."
5. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"... and their supplantation by Sir Samuel argal, in right of the English Plantation.
He late alteration of Virginia Government is ..."
6. American Annals: Or, a Chronological History of America, from Its Discovery by Abiel Holmes (1805)
"... Captain argal, Striving at Virginia as governor, state of found all the public
works and buildings in James vir#D>* Town fallen to decay ; five or six ..."
7. Sketches of the History of the Town of Camden, Maine: Including Incidental by John Lymburner Locke (1859)
"Samuel argal, (subsequently governor of Virginia,) visited these shores while in
the pursuit of fishing and trading with the natives, about the year 1613, ..."
8. History of New Netherland by Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan (1855)
"... to send a ship to the Great River—Erect forts thereupon—Establishment on the
island of Manhattan under Hendrick Corstiaensen—Visited by Captain argal, ..."
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