a lepisma. — Silver owl (Zoöl.), the barn owl. — Silver perch (Zoöl.), the mademoiselle, 2. — Silver
pheasant (Zoöl.), 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 (E. nychtemerus) is native of China. — Silver plate, domestic utensils made of
silver. — Silver plover (Zoöl.), the knot. — Silver salmon (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), 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, (Zoöl.) See Trout. — Silver wedding. See under Wedding. — Silver whiting
(Zoöl.), a marine sciænoid food fish (Menticirrus littoralis) native of the Southern United States; — called
also surf whiting. — Silver witch (Zoöl.), A lepisma.
Silver
(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 silver
a pin; to silver a glass mirror plate with an amalgam of tin and mercury.
2. To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver.
And smiling calmness silvered o'er the deep.
Pope. 3. To make hoary, or white, like silver.
His head was silvered o'er with age.
Gay. Silver
(Sil"ver), v. i. To acquire a silvery color. [R.]
The eastern sky began to silver and shine.
L. Wallace.
