Silverback to Simple
Silverback
(Sil"ver*back`) n. (Zoöl.) The knot.
Silverberry
(Sil"ver*ber`ry) n. (Bot.) A tree or shrub (Elæagnus argentea) with silvery foliage and fruit.
Gray.
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.
Silverboom
(Sil"ver*boom`) n. [D. zilver silver + boom tree.] (Bot.) See Leucadendron.
Silverfin
(Sil"ver*fin`) n. (Zoöl.) A small North American fresh-water cyprinoid fish (Notropis Whipplei).
Silverfish
(Sil"ver*fish`) n. (Zoöl.) (a) The tarpum. (b) A white variety of the goldfish.
Silver-gray
(Sil"ver-gray`) a. Having a gray color with a silvery luster; as, silver-gray hair.
Silveriness
(Sil"ver*i*ness) n. The state of being silvery.
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 laid on; as, the silvering of
a glass speculum.
Silverize
(Sil"ver*ize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Silverized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Silverizing.] To cover with silver.
Silverless
(Sil"ver*less), a. Having no silcver; hence, without money; impecunious. Piers Plowman.
Silverling
(Sil"ver*ling), n. A small silver coin. [Obs.]
A thousand vines at a thousand silverings.
Isa. vii. 23. 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. Silvern
(Sil"vern) a. [AS. seolfern, sylfren.] Made of silver. [Archaic.] Wyclif
Speech is silvern; silence is golden.
Old Proverb. 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 American coast (Menidia
notata) is very abundant. Called also silverside, sand smelt, friar, tailor, and tinker.
Brook silversides (Zoöl.), a small fresh-water North American fish (Labadesthes sicculus) related to
the marine silversides.
Silversmith
(Sil"ver*smith`) n. One whose occupation is to manufacture utensils, ornaments, etc., of
silver; a worker in silver.
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. under Aphrodite.
Silverware
(Sil"ver*ware`) n. Dishes, vases, ornaments, and utensils of various sorts, made of silver.
Silverweed
(Sil"ver*weed`) n. (Bot.) A perennial rosaceous herb (Potentilla Anserina) having the leaves
silvery white beneath.
Silvery
(Sil"ver*y) a.
