Webster's Dictionary 1828

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SILING-DISH

SIL'ING-DISH, noun A colander. [Not in use.]

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SILIQUA

SIL'IQUA, noun [Latin] With gold finers, a carat, six of which make a scruple.

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SILIQUE

SIL'IQUA, SILIQUE noun [Latin siliqua.] A pod; an oblong, membranaceous, bivalvular pericarp, having the seeds fixed to both sutures.

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SILIQUOSE

SIL'IQUOSE, SIL'IQUOUS, noun [Latin siliquosus.] Having that species of pericarp called silique; as siliquous plants.

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SILIQUOUS

SIL'IQUOSE, SIL'IQUOUS, noun [Latin siliquosus.] Having that species of pericarp called silique; as SILIQUOUS plants.

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SILISIA

SILISIA, noun sile'zha. A duchy or country now chiefly belonging to Prussia; hence, a species of linen cloth so called; thin coarse linen.

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SILK

SILK, noun1. The fine soft thread produced by the insect called silk-worm or bombyx. That which we ordinarily call silk is a thread composed of several finer threads which the w...

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SILKEN

SILKEN, adjective silk'n.1. Made of silk; as silken cloth; a silken vail.2. Like silk; soft to the touch.3. Soft; delicate; tender; smooth; as mild and silken language.4. Dresse...

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SILKINESS

SILK'INESS, noun1. The qualities of silk; softness and smoothness to the feel.2. Softness; effeminacy; pusillanimity.

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SILKMAN

SILK'MAN, noun A dealer in silks.

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SILKMERCER

SILK'MERCER, noun One whose occupation is to weave silk stuffs.

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SILKWORM

SILK'WORM, noun The worm which produces silk, of the genus Phalaena. Silk-worms are said to have been first introduced into the Roman empire from China, in the reign of Justinian.

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SILKY

SILK'Y, adjective1. Made of silk; consisting of silk.2. Like silk; soft and smooth to the touch.3. Pliant; yielding;

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SILL

SILL, noun [Latin solum; allied to solid. The primary sense is probably to lay, set or throw down.]1. Properly, the basis of foundationof a thing; appropriately, a piece of timb...

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SILLABUB

SIL'LABUB, noun A liquor made by mixing wine or cider with milk, and thus forming a soft curd.

2500

SILLIMANITE

SIL'LIMANITE, noun A mineral found at Saybrook in Connecticut, so named in honor of Prof, Silliman of Yale College. It occurs in long, slender, rhombic prisms, engaged in gneiss...

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SILLINESS

SIL'LINESS, noun Weakness of understanding; want of sound sense or judgment; simplicity; harmless folly.

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SILLY

SIL'LY, adjective [Heb. This may be radically the same word, with a prefix. Class Sl. No. 26]1. Weak in intellect; foolish; witless; destitute of ordinary strength of mind; simp...

2503

SILLYHOW

SIL'LYHOW, noun The membrane that covers the head of the fetus. [I believe not used.]

2504

SILT

SILT, noun Saltness, or salt marsh or mud.

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SILURE

SILU'RE, SILU'RUS, noun The sheat-fish; also a name of the sturgeon.

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SILURUS

SILU'RE, SILU'RUS, noun The sheat-fish; also a name of the sturgeon.

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SILVAN

SIL'VAN, adjective [Latin silva, a wood or grove, It is also written sylvan]1. Pertaining to a wood or grove; inhabiting woods.2. Woody; abounding with woods. Betwixt two rows o...

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SILVER

SIL'VER, noun1. A metal of a white color and lively brilliancy. It has neither taste nor smell; its specific gravity is 10.552, according to Bergman, but according to Kirwan it ...

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SILVER-BEATER

SIL'VER-BEATER, noun One that foliates silver, or forms it into a leaf.

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SILVER-BUSH

SIL'VER-BUSH, noun A plant, a species of Anthyllis.

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SILVER-FIR

SIL'VER-FIR, noun A species of fir.