Silk″en (?), a. [AS. seolcen, seolocen.] 1. Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; as, silken cloth; a silken veil.
2. Fig.: Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as, silken language. “Silken terms precise.” Shak.
3. Dressed in silk. “A... silken wanton.” Shak.