Webster's Dictionary 1913

5104

Siller

Sil″ler (?), n. Silver.

5105

Sillily

Sil″li‐ly (?), adv. [From Silly.] In a silly manner; foolishly. Dryden.

5106

Sillimanite

Sil″li‐man‐ite (?), n. [After Benjamin Siliman, an American meneralogist.] (Min.) Same as Fibrolite.

5107

Silliness

Sil″li‐ness, n. The quality or state of being silly.

5108

Sillock

Sil″lock (?), n.(Zoöl.) The pollock, or coalfish.

5109

Sillon

Sil″lon (?), n.(Fort.) A work raised in the middle of a wide ditch, to defend it. Crabb.

5110

Silly

Sil″ly, a. [Compar.Sillier (?); superl.Silliest.] [OE. seely, sely, AS. s�lig, ges�lig, happy, good, fr. s�l, s�l, good, happy, s�l good fortune, happines; akin to OS. sālig, a,...

5111

Sillyhow

Sil″ly‐how (?), n. [Prov. E. silly-hew; cf. AS. sǣlig happy, good, and hūfe a cap, hood. See Silly, a.] A caul. See Caul, n., 3.

5112

Silo

Si″lo (?), n. A pit or vat for packing away green fodder for winter use so as to exclude air and outside moisture. See Ensilage.

5113

Silt

Silt (?), n. [OE. silte gravel, fr. silen to drain, E. sile; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. sila, prob. akin to AS. seón to filter, sīgan to fall, sink, cause to sink, G. se...

5114

Silt (2)

Silt, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Silted; p. pr. & vb. n.Silting.] To choke, fill, or obstruct with silt or mud.

5115

Silt (3)

Silt, v. i. To flow through crevices; to percolate.

5116

Silty

Silt″y (?), a. Full of silt; resembling silt.

5117

Silundum

Si‐lun″dum (?), n. A form of silicon carbide, produced in the electric furnace, possessing great hardness, and high electrical resistance, and not subject to oxidation below 288...

5118

Silure

Si‐lure″ (?), n. [L. silurus a sort of river fish, Gr. ���: cf. F. silure.] (Zoöl.) A fish of the genus Silurus, as the sheatfish; a siluroid.

5119

Silurian

Si‐lu″ri‐an (?), a. [From L. Silures, a people who anciently inhabited a part of England and Wales.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the country of the ancient Silures; — a term app...

5120

Silurian (2)

Si‐lu″ri‐an, n. The Silurian age.

5121

Siluridan

Si‐lu″ri‐dan (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any fish of the family Siluridæ or of the order Siluroidei.

5122

Siluroid

Si‐lu″roid (?), n. [Silurus + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Belonging to the Siluroidei, or Nematognathi, an order of fishes including numerous species, among which are the American catfishes ...

5123

Siluroidei

‖Sil′u‐roi″de‐i (?), n. pl.(zoöl.) An order of fishes, the Nematognathi.

5124

Silurus

‖Si‐lu″rus (?), n. [L. See Silure.] (Zoöl.) A genus of large malacopterygious fishes of the order Siluroidei. They inhabit the inland waters of Europe and Asia.

5125

Silva

Sil″va (?), n.; pl. E. Silvas (#), L. Silvae (�). [Written also sylva.] (Bot.) (a) The forest trees of a region or country, considered collectively. (b) A description or history...

5126

Silvan

Sil″van (?), a. [L. silva, less correctly sylva, a wood or grove, perh. akin to Gr. ὕλη; cf. L. Silvanus Silvanus the god of woods: cf. F. sylvain silvan. Cf. Savage.] Of or per...

5127

Silvan (2)

Sil″van, n.(Old Chem.) See Sylvanium.

5128

Silvanite

Sil″van‐ite (?), n.(Min.) See Sylvanite.

5129

Silvas

{ Sil″vas (?) orSel″vas (?) }, n. pl. [L. silva a forest, Sp. selva.] Vast woodland plains of South America.

5130

Silvate

Sil″vate (?), n.(Chem.) Same as Sylvate.