silver spot (silver spot)

A silver-spotted butterfly, as a fritillary of the genus Argynnis and related forms. IMG:content-1078.png:[blocks in formation] Mi Edge worth, The Will, i. ( Davies .) silver-standard (silver-standard), a. Using silver money alone as full legal tender. The silver-standard countries are Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, India, China, Hong-Kong and Straits Settlements, and Cochin China. Countries having nominally at least a double standard (gold and silver) the United States, Haiti, Uruguay, Argentine Republic, Venezuela, France, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Greece, Spain, Servia, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Algeria, Tunis, Java, Philippine Islands, and Hawaii. Many of these, as the United States, are practically on a gold basis. See gold. standard.