Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Silver

Sil″ver (?), n. [OE. silver, selver, seolver, AS. seolfor, siolfur, siolufr, silofr, sylofr; akin to OS. silubar, OFries. selover, D. zilver, LG. sulver, OHG. silabar, silbar, G...

5132

Silver (2)

Sil″ver, a. 1. Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver leaf; a silver cup.2. Resembling silver. Specifically: (a) Bright; resplendent; white. “Silver hair.” Shak....

5133

Silver (3)

Sil″ver (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Silvered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Silvering.] 1. To cover with silver; to give a silvery appearance to by applying a metal of a silvery color; as, to ...

5134

Silver (4)

Sil″ver, v. i. To acquire a silvery color.The eastern sky began to silver and shine. L. Wallace.

5135

Silver certificate

Sil″ver cer‐tif″i‐cate. A certificate issued by a government that there has been deposited with it silver to a specified amount, payable to the bearer on demand. In the United S...

5136

Silver State

Silver State. Nevada; — a nickname alluding to its silver mines.

5137

Silver-gray

Sil″ver–gray′ (?), a. Having a gray color with a silvery luster; as, silver-gray hair.

5138

Silverback

Sil″ver‐back′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The knot.

5139

Silverberry

Sil″ver‐ber′ry (?), n.(Bot.) A tree or shrub (Elæagnus argentea) with silvery foliage and fruit. Gray.

5140

Silverbill

Sil″ver‐bill′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) An Old World finch of the genus Minia, as the M. Malabarica of India, and M. cantans of Africa.

5141

Silverboom

Sil″ver‐boom′ (?), n. [D. zilver silver + boom tree.] (Bot.) See Leucadendron.

5142

Silverfin

Sil″ver‐fin′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) A small North American fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Notropis Whipplei).

5143

Silverfish

Sil″ver‐fish′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) (a) The tarpum. (b) A white variety of the goldfish.

5144

Silveriness

Sil″ver‐i‐ness (?), n. The state of being silvery.

5145

Silvering

Sil″ver‐ing, n.(Metal.) The art or process of covering metals, wood, paper, glass, etc., with a thin film of metallic silver, or a substance resembling silver; also, the firm do...

5146

Silverite

Sil″ver‐ite (?), n. One who favors the use or establishment of silver as a monetary standard; — so called by those who favor the gold standard.

5147

Silverize

Sil″ver‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Silverized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Silverizing.] To cover with silver.

5148

Silverless

Sil″ver‐less, a. Having no silcver; hence, without money; impecunious. Piers Plowman.

5149

Silverling

Sil″ver‐ling, n. A small silver coin.A thousand vines at a thousand silverings. Isa. vii. 23.

5150

Silverly

Sil″ver‐ly, adv. Like silver in appearance or in sound.Let me wipe off this honorable dew,That silverly doth progress on thy cheeks. Shak.

5151

Silvern

Sil″vern (?), a. [AS. seolfern, sylfren.] Made of silver. Wyclif (Acts xix. 24).Speech is silvern; silence is golden. Old Proverb.

5152

Silversides

Sil″ver‐sides′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small fishes of the family Atherinidæ, having a silvery stripe along each side of the body. The common species of the...

5153

Silversmith

Sil″ver‐smith′ (?), n. One whose occupation is to manufacture utensils, ornaments, etc., of silver; a worker in silver.

5154

Silverspot

Sil″ver‐spot′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of butterflies of the genus Argynnis and allied genera, having silvery spots on the under side of the wings. See Illust....

5155

Silverware

Sil″ver‐ware′ (?), n. Dishes, vases, ornaments, and utensils of various sorts, made of silver.

5156

Silverweed

Sil″ver‐weed′ (?), n.(Bot.) A perennial rosaceous herb (Potentilla Anserina) having the leaves silvery white beneath.

5157

Silvery

Sil″ver‐y (?), a. 1. Resembling, or having the luster of, silver; grayish white and lustrous; of a mild luster; bright.All the enameled race, whose silvery wingWaves to the tepi...