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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Silver \Sil"ver\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver
leaf; a silver cup.
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2. Resembling silver. Specifically:
(a) Bright; resplendent; white. "Silver hair." --Shak.
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Others, on silver lakes and rivers, bathed
Their downy breast. --Milton.
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(b) Precious; costly.
(c) Giving a clear, ringing sound soft and clear. "Silver
voices." --Spenser.
(d) Sweet; gentle; peaceful. "Silver slumber." --Spenser.
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{American silver fir} (Bot.), the balsam fir. See under
{Balsam}.
{Silver age} (Roman Lit.), the latter part (a. d. 14-180) of
the classical period of Latinity, -- the time of writers
of inferior purity of language, as compared with those of
the previous golden age, so-called.
{Silver-bell tree} (Bot.), an American shrub or small tree
({Halesia tetraptera}) with white bell-shaped flowers in
clusters or racemes; the snowdrop tree.
{Silver bush} (Bot.), a shrubby leguminous plant ({Anthyllis
Barba-Jovis}) of Southern Europe, having silvery foliage.
{Silver chub} (Zool.), the fallfish.
{Silver eel}. (Zool.)
(a) The cutlass fish.
(b) A pale variety of the common eel.
{Silver fir} (Bot.), a coniferous tree ({Abies pectinata})
found in mountainous districts in the middle and south of
Europe, where it often grows to the height of 100 or 150
feet. It yields Burgundy pitch and Strasburg turpentine.
{Silver foil}, foil made of silver.
{Silver fox} (Zool.), a variety of the common fox ({Vulpes
vulpes}, variety argenteus) found in the northern parts of
Asia, Europe, and America. Its fur is nearly black, with
silvery tips, and is highly valued. Called also {black
fox}, and {silver-gray fox}.
{Silver gar}. (Zool.) See {Billfish}
(a) .
{Silver grain} (Bot.), the lines or narrow plates of cellular
tissue which pass from the pith to the bark of an
exogenous stem; the medullary rays. In the wood of the oak
they are much larger than in that of the beech, maple,
pine, cherry, etc.
{Silver grebe} (Zool.), the red-throated diver. See Illust.
under {Diver}.
{Silver hake} (Zool.), the American whiting.
{Silver leaf}, leaves or sheets made of silver beaten very
thin.
{Silver lunge} (Zool.), the namaycush.
{Silver moonfish}.(Zool.) See {Moonfish}
(b) .
{Silver moth} (Zool.), a lepisma.
{Silver owl} (Zool.), the barn owl.
{Silver perch} (Zool.), the mademoiselle, 2.
{Silver pheasant} (Zool.), any one of several species of
beautiful crested and long-tailed Asiatic pheasants, of
the genus {Euplocamus}. They have the tail and more or
less of the upper parts silvery white. The most common
species ({Euplocamus nychtemerus}) is native of China.
{Silver plate},
(a) domestic utensils made of a base metal coated with
silver.
(b) a plating of silver on a base metal.
{Silver plover} (Zool.), the knot.
{Silver salmon} (Zool.), a salmon ({Oncorhynchus kisutch})
native of both coasts of the North Pacific. It ascends all
the American rivers as far south as the Sacramento. Called
also {kisutch}, {whitefish}, and {white salmon}.
{Silver shell} (Zool.), a marine bivalve of the genus Anomia.
See {Anomia}.
{Silver steel}, an alloy of steel with a very small
proportion of silver.
{Silver stick}, a title given to the title field officer of
the Life Guards when on duty at the palace. [Eng.]
--Thackeray.
{Silver tree} (Bot.), a South African tree ({Leucadendron
argenteum}) with long, silvery, silky leaves.
{Silver trout}, (Zool.) See {Trout}.
{Silver wedding}. See under {Wedding}.
{Silver whiting} (Zool.), a marine sciaenoid food fish
({Menticirrus littoralis}) native of the Southern United
States; -- called also {surf whiting}.
{Silver witch} (Zool.), A lepisma.
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