Silver fir

silver fir
    n 1: any of various true firs having leaves white or silvery
         white beneath
    

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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Fir \Fir\ (f[~e]r), n. [Dan. fyr, fyrr; akin to Sw. furu, Icel.
   fura, AS. furh in furhwudu fir wood, G. f["o]hre, OHG. forha
   pine, vereheih a sort of oak, L. quercus oak.] (Bot.)
   A genus ({Abies}) of coniferous trees, often of large size
   and elegant shape, some of them valued for their timber and
   others for their resin. The species are distinguished as the
   {balsam fir}, the {silver fir}, the {red fir}, etc. The
   Scotch fir is a {Pinus}.
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   Note: Fir in the Bible means any one of several coniferous
         trees, including, cedar, cypress, and probably three
         species of pine. --J. D. Hooker.
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