Silt,

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Silt \Silt\ (s[i^]lt), n. [OE. silte gravel, fr. silen to drain,
     E. sile; probably of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. sila, prob. akin
     to AS. se['o]n to filter, s[imac]gan to fall, sink, cause to
     sink, G. seihen to strain, to filter, OHG. s[imac]han, Icel.
     s[imac]a, Skr. sic to pour; cf. Gr. 'ikma`s moisture. Cf.
     {Sig}, {Sile}.]


     Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Silt \Silt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Silted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Silting}.]
     To choke, fill, or obstruct with silt or mud.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Silt \Silt\, v. i.
     To flow through crevices; to percolate.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  silt
       n : mud or clay or small rocks deposited by a river or lake
       v : become chocked with silt; "The river silted up" [syn: {silt
           up}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "silt":
     alluvion, alluvium, ash, cinder, clinker, debris, deposit,
     deposition, deposits, detritus, diluvium, draff, dregs, drift,
     dross, ember, feces, froth, grounds, lees, loess, moraine, offscum,
     ooze, precipitate, precipitation, scoria, scree, scum, sediment,
     settlings, sinter, slag, sludge, smut, soot, sublimate
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Silt, CO (town, FIPS 70195)
    Location: 39.54965 N, 107.65382 W
    Population (1990): 1095 (481 housing units)
    Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 81652

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Silt, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
     Population (2000):    1740
     Housing Units (2000): 668
     Land area (2000):     2.821723 sq. miles (7.308230 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    2.821723 sq. miles (7.308230 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            70195
     Located within:       Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
     Location:             39.546316 N, 107.652072 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     81652
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Silt, CO
      Silt